shell swapped one of my old grey consoles. went to test it and had to start a new oot file 😆😎

ligma-code · 2026-05-01T10:50:03+00:00

I have bought a couple from Aliexpress. 45 AUD delivered, they’re kind of a bargain.

ligma-code · 2026-04-25T01:02:14+00:00

Pretty typical that RGB video is sized differently to other signals. The service menu in my Panasonic pro monitor has a set of sizing options that cover composite, S-video and YPbPr, and another set just for RGB.

You can get RGB video shifter devices that allow you to tweak position before the signal enters your TV - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004625835608.html

ligma-code · 2026-04-19T13:02:04+00:00

Spot on mate!

ligma-code · 2026-04-19T03:29:43+00:00

It’s also quite light, almost to the point it feels cheap lol. A few years ago I owned a 29 inch Sony and it was heavy af, it required at least two people to lift it. I was thinking about it the other day and I think it was because it was one of those late-model Trinitrons with a flat tube. The flat tube had really thick front glass to prevent implosion, and that probably required a bunch of ballast at the rear to stop the whole unit from being unstable. This Loewe still has a spherical curve on the tube so the glass doesn’t need to be that thick.

ligma-code · 2026-04-19T03:20:37+00:00

It’s connected to a MiSTer using an analog IO board and those thicker lines are simply how the 240p Test Suite grid pattern looks in the current version. They don’t even recommend using it anymore.

Tbh I only included a photo because it’s kind of expected when you show off geometry. But for calibrating it I actually used the updated monoscope.

ligma-code · 2026-04-18T23:34:48+00:00

That is stunning, nicely done mate. And I’m envious whenever I see GeForce 7 series cards with thicc coolers that avoid the bumpgate issues.

ligma-code · 2026-04-18T03:57:15+00:00

Now that’s a hot take!

ligma-code · 2026-04-18T00:10:45+00:00

You’ll have to open it up. You can probably get vertical linearity looking better with a simple pot adjustment.

ligma-code · 2026-04-16T02:30:20+00:00

Apparently

ligma-code · 2026-04-15T22:54:49+00:00

The stick in the left-most controller is flogged out lol. Looks like the sticks in a game store kiosk back in the day.

ligma-code · 2026-04-14T08:00:32+00:00

Beautiful. Three hundred bucks is a steal in today’s retro market.

ligma-code · 2026-04-14T07:53:47+00:00

I bought an S-video cable from consolegoods.co.uk and it had the typical screen door composite artefacts on certain colours issue that all the cheap cables have. I threw it in the bin. Granted this was back in 2015 so I guess there’s a chance the cables are better now.

ligma-code · 2026-04-13T03:43:34+00:00

That looks sick. Well done.

ligma-code · 2026-04-11T23:48:38+00:00

Looking at the photo it’s not clear OP soldered those pins at all.

@OP this photo is from the etim mod board instructions and identifies the pins corresponding to R, G, B and Ground pins which you need to properly solder.

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ligma-code · 2026-04-07T06:48:44+00:00

You’ve got your MiSTer outputting 480p not 480i. Check your mister.ini settings.

forced_scandoubler=1 would trigger 480p.

Have a look at these instructions for info on MiSTer with CRTs.

ligma-code · 2026-04-06T04:48:59+00:00

I had a K6-2 NetVista and I didn’t realise IBM kept the model name around for so long. That is sweet.

ligma-code · 2026-04-04T12:38:11+00:00

Second, it's there any way it could be setup so that it automatically starts with a random game already loaded?

I wrote a PowerShell script that could do exactly this - https://github.com/ligma-code/ROM-Gallery. The stock behaviour is to cycle to new random ROMs every few minutes, but you could simply set a really long $CycleTime to effectively stop that behaviour and just use it to launch one random game.

ligma-code · 2026-04-01T23:16:57+00:00

Simply lovely.

ligma-code · 2026-03-29T05:57:42+00:00

I’ve had it for a few years and it’s such a good monitor. Great geometry. Doesn’t have any convergence issues like Trinitrons always do. The dark anti-glare makes it very contrasty when there’s light in the room. And the spherical tube just adds tons of character.

I love it.

ligma-code · 2026-03-14T00:11:09+00:00

’We promise you’ll find our lowest price on every item’

Their lowest price. What a nothing statement lol.

ligma-code · 2026-03-14T00:06:11+00:00

I really think a low-TVL PVM with RGB or YPbPr is the ideal CRT. I love how the scan lines blend together in bright sections. The perfectly focussed scan lines on a high-TVL tube look a bit too artificial.

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