raspberry pi 2b composite Color CRT monitor demo
In this video, I show you my Raspberry Pi 2 Model B on my BMC color composite monitor.
This monitor was common in the 1980s with Commodore 64 and Apple IIe computers.
Song played (in part) "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Bugles, This song was released around the time this monitor was made. It also was the FIRST song played on MTV when it started broadcasting.
This monitor works OK but I need to find a font that looks better on it. This same font looks great on my 1995 RCA home theater 27" console TV connected by composite input.
Clearly, I need to tweak a few things such as brightness/contrast to get the image the best I can get it. The overscan settings were fairly conservative as it didn't have too much overscan to compensate for. For the most part, you can use this without some gettig used to. Having cut my teeth on these when working with my Commodore 64 and Vic-20s I am fully aware of what they can/cannot do. I am surprised it shows 80 columns as well as it does. Anyone got a font that works better on this monitor, let me know. I could set it to 40x25 but mp3blaster needs 80x25 minimum to work.
I will be using the console/cli mode most of the time but it works fine in GUI mode with the default window manager.
Sorry picture is a little fuzzy. my Iphone 4s lens was a little dirty.
This monitor was common in the 1980s with Commodore 64 and Apple IIe computers.
Song played (in part) "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Bugles, This song was released around the time this monitor was made. It also was the FIRST song played on MTV when it started broadcasting.
This monitor works OK but I need to find a font that looks better on it. This same font looks great on my 1995 RCA home theater 27" console TV connected by composite input.
Clearly, I need to tweak a few things such as brightness/contrast to get the image the best I can get it. The overscan settings were fairly conservative as it didn't have too much overscan to compensate for. For the most part, you can use this without some gettig used to. Having cut my teeth on these when working with my Commodore 64 and Vic-20s I am fully aware of what they can/cannot do. I am surprised it shows 80 columns as well as it does. Anyone got a font that works better on this monitor, let me know. I could set it to 40x25 but mp3blaster needs 80x25 minimum to work.
I will be using the console/cli mode most of the time but it works fine in GUI mode with the default window manager.
Sorry picture is a little fuzzy. my Iphone 4s lens was a little dirty.
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