Proper cable for the Virtual Boy Virtual Tap (RGB Scart)

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Elrinth
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Proper cable for the Virtual Boy Virtual Tap (RGB Scart)

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Hi!

So I just recently bought an rgb cable from https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/neo ... CART-CABLE
When I connect it to my PVM the image I get is rolling on the PVM screen. Typical sync problems.
Does anyone know if I can modify the Virtual Tap installation or the cable I bought to get it working?
Or does anyone know where to buy a proper cable?

I followed and wired like this:
http://furrtek.free.fr/virtualtap/manual_v1_en.pdf

here is what i get a neo geo aes cable is supposed to look like. I don't know what retrogamingcables wired theirs.
http://wolfsoft.de/wordpress/wp-content ... t_2016.jpg

Where can I buy a cable which is wired accordingly to the virtualtap required installation?
Elrinth
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Re: Proper cable for the Virtual Boy Virtual Tap (RGB Scart)

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Edit:
I solved it. I opened up my Virtual Boy Virtual Tap installation and desoldered pin 7 and soldered it to 3 instead as retrogamingcables neo geo cable has composite video on that pin.

Works like a clock now!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDLlHx6iPfw

and via gscartsw i can output to the retrotink5x and get image out in HDMI also! :)
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Konsolkongen
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Re: Proper cable for the Virtual Boy Virtual Tap (RGB Scart)

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Nice :)

Looking at that manual it says that it has two options to convert 50 to 60Hz. But does it not support 50Hz output? I would imagine that it stutters like crazy when doing framerate conversion.
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Re: Proper cable for the Virtual Boy Virtual Tap (RGB Scart)

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What a nice mod! And so cool you are running it on a PVM!
I would love to have one. Anyone selling their scrapped VB? 😁
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Re: Proper cable for the Virtual Boy Virtual Tap (RGB Scart)

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Konsolkongen wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2023 7:10 pm Nice :)

Looking at that manual it says that it has two options to convert 50 to 60Hz. But does it not support 50Hz output? I would imagine that it stutters like crazy when doing framerate conversion.
It feels pretty solid to me. Finished Jack Bros on the PVM. But it is running quad buffering by default so there is some lag accoreing to the manual. 20-37ms. Without quad buffering its always 20ms.
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