Falcon 030 3-in-1 monitor adapter

[wbeetje]

Hi guys and maybe girls,

Today I connected the Falcon 030 3-in-1 monitor adapter I bought last month. I connected it to my old 4:3 Samsung 710MP tft monitor, works perfectly when I put the switch on the vga position. On the rgb position I get no image. But I don't know what I can do with it? Or do I need another monitor for that? I just tried to open a game on my Falcon (Pinball Dreams), but it says it's better to play it on rgb position, but how? And I have more Falcon games, which say they only work on rgb mode. Who has advice? Regards, Bart

[stephen_usher]

I’m afraid that you’ll need a monitor which can cope with 15KHz refresh rates. Only a very few VGA monitors can do this.

It should also be noted that because the Falcon’s video circuitry is so flexible some programmers abused this to create completely non-standard display timings which will often only work on analogue CRT monitors, and even they struggle.

[alexh]

Alternatively you can buy an OSSC, GBS-C, RetroTink RGB or similar scandoubler. Check AliExpress for the best prices.

[coonsgm]

I can vouch for the OSSC. I works pretty well with both the VGA and RGB display modes. It isn’t perfect and you need to tinker a bit with it.