does Sony PVM 20L5 support medium res (25khz) / EGA ?

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does Sony PVM 20L5 support medium res (25khz) / EGA ?

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Looking at the specs, the scanning freq. ranges from 15kHz to45kHz, but I don't see medium res in the "acceptable format" section on the last page.
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Re: does Sony PVM 20L5 support medium res (25khz) / EGA ?

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I have a L5, I could test it if I could lay my hands on a EGA source.

Any easily obtainable PC games that put out the desired resolution?

My guess would be no though, SONY multisync monitors are pitifully unflexible.
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Any easily obtainable PC games that put out the desired resolution?
that doesn't work. All EGA games output 31khz on any PC since the late 80s. You would need a genuine EGA graphics card to test this. Also PC EGA is far from 384p60 (arcade).
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Well, I guess if I ever get my X68000 Compact to work I can try a medium res game. I believe it has a few.
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I'd like to know if it works with Sega System 24 PCBs (Crackdown, Scramble Spirits, etc...) which are medium res, right now I'm using GBS-8220 + PC monitor; but I'd like to switch to CRT w/ native EGA support.
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Cannot help you with PCB test since I have none. Best I can do is X68000 medium res games once I have that setup up and working.
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kamiboy wrote:Cannot help you with PCB test since I have none. Best I can do is X68000 medium res games once I have that setup up and working.
thanks, that will be a good test; let me know.
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Re: does Sony PVM 20L5 support medium res (25khz) / EGA ?

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The answer is no, it does not support 24khz.

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how does it react ? Rolling picture ? No sync at all ?
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A jumble of garbled lines. In four windows I believe. Nothing can be discerned.
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thanks for the info; I guess I'll stick to GBS-8220 for now :?
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Re: does Sony PVM 20L5 support medium res (25khz) / EGA ?

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The acceptable formats grid tells you exactly what scan frequencies it can accept.... EGA is clearly not one of them. ;)
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