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    Possible a Rather Odd Question... Using PC Monitor for Retro Computing

    I'm an avid Amiga fan and would love to be able to connect my old A500+ to my monitor.

    Has anyone out there done something similar? I've not been able to find a specific adpater to convert the amiga to run over HDMI sadly.

    Cheers!

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    Re: Possible a Rather Odd Question... Using PC Monitor for Retro Computing

    I imagine the A500+ has an analogue RCA style video output on it? If so, you'll find it hard to connect to a modern PC monitor. A TV would be your best bet - or just get ROMs and an Amiga emulator for your PC instead?

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    Re: Possible a Rather Odd Question... Using PC Monitor for Retro Computing

    Yeah it's got a funky output with about 25pins into which a TV modulator goes and then an old RCA style cable from that modulator out to the TV.

    Maybe emulation is the way to go, just doesn't feel the same though! Thanks for the reply!

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    Re: Possible a Rather Odd Question... Using PC Monitor for Retro Computing

    You could try finding an old TV tuner card (probably pennies on eBay these days, doesn't have to be digital).

    I think your greatest enemy there would be getting drivers for Win7+

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