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First post, by hasnopants

Posted on 2020-04-16, 16:59

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Hey all,

Might not be the right section so apologies for the mods if so, but I am just looking for any recommendations for a VGA to HDMI adapter that will work with old PCs. I have two running DOS 6.22, one running Win 95, and one running Win 98 that I would like to be able to hook up to my modern display. I already bought something and it didnt work, I assume because of resolution problems but not really sure. Just looking for any of you that may use something today for a solution that you could point me to the exact product youre using so I could pick it up.

Thanks!

Current Systems:
DIP40|8088|640K|HERCULESGB102|PCSPKR
DIP40|V20|640K|VGA|ADLIB/TNDY/COVOX
S7|P233MMX|128M|S3ViRGEDX/DM3D|SB16
S370|P600MMX|256M|SIS630/DM3DIIX2|SBLIVE!5.1
S775|P43.4|2G|6800GS|SBAUDIGY

Reply 1 of 4, by BinaryDemon

Posted on 2020-04-16, 17:27

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Take a look at this thread - DOS PC VGA --> 4K TV

You really need a scaler, because for most dos gaming is 320x200 @ 70hz which I'd bet most modern displays just wont do.

Check out DOSBox Distro:

https://sites.google.com/site/dosboxdistro/ [*]

a lightweight Linux distro (tinycore) which boots off a usb flash drive and goes straight to DOSBox.

Make your dos retrogaming experience portable!

Reply 2 of 4, by Joseph_Joestar

Posted on 2020-04-16, 17:47

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A good alternative is to get a used 17" non-widescreen LCD monitor.

Those are dirt cheap nowadays, and DOS games scale fairly well to their native 1280x1024 resolution. It's not quite pixel perfect, but it looks pretty good to my eyes.

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy2
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 970 / X-Fi

Reply 3 of 4, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-16, 18:03

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My worry would be how well the 70Hz to 60Hz conversion is handled for 320x200 when there is movement on screen . My Gefen EXT-VGA-2-DVISP aka VGA-to-DVI Scaler PLUS does a pretty good job, IMHO . Does the Sewell have any motion artefacts or tearing, judder, etc ?

Reply 4 of 4, by hasnopants

Posted on 2020-04-16, 20:11

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Thanks all! Will check out that thread.

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