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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 07:08:48 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   My least favorite thing about the modern commercial internet is when I'm very clear about what I want, and I can't find it, because the search engines are helpfully "correcting" my search to make it make sense.

   No, I don't want a device that scales analog video to HDMI, I want a device that takes HDMI and scales it to analog video! that's the exact opposite of what I want!

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 07:10:40 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     it's almost like my needs (running a 5" CRT from 1983 off an HDMI source) aren't common in 2024!

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 08:24:37 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • younger

     @Justin very nice!
     what transmitter are you using?

   • younger (justin@social.younger.wtf)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 08:24:57 JST younger

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     @foone I just got a tv analog transmitter to get this running

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 09:16:17 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • younger

     @Justin neat!
     is it locked to one channel?

   • younger (justin@social.younger.wtf)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 09:16:18 JST younger

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     @foone took a risk on an AliExpress order and I actually am quite impressed https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806937897994.html?src=google&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt&_randl_shipto=US

   • poleguy (poleguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 12:20:20 JST poleguy

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     @foone I presume you found it, right?

     I see two options now. I own the HDMI2AV box myself. It seems there is now a cable style version too.

     I googled hdmi to rca and it came right up.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 12:20:20 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • poleguy

     @poleguy yeah I have several of those. It's not what I need

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 08:33:02 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     Got a scaler to try. It's the GBS-8100!

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 08:41:38 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     the two CRTs I'm dealing with have the same(ish?) connector. It's 10-pin, with a gap. One faces up, one faces don't. no idea why that is.

     I don't yet have a pinout I can trust. Still looking

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 08:52:33 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     I have stolen a possible pinout.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 08:59:58 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     and then badly drew it onto my card edge connector

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 09:10:30 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     ugh. I can't find a male-to-male VGA cable. that's especially bad because I know I must have dozens, and there's a whole box that SHOULD have them, but it's missing

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 09:33:57 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     I figured out a workaround using a spare computer, but it's not working because my linux machine switches into real text mode, which breaks my VGA-to-HDMI adapter because it's 70hz

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 09:56:00 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     giving up for now. I can only get a VGA display at all by using some weird adapters, and my lack of spare VGA cables is hindering me from doing more. I'll try again later.