Amiga Scandoublers on eBay again!

[Amiga_Always]

Hi

Those custom Amiga Scandoublers which were on eBay a while ago are back and selling worldwide! I've already got one and it works great for all my games, even de-interlaces the screen on interlaced modes

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amiga-500-...ht_1236wt_1139

[Harrison]

I've been discussing this device with some other retro enthusiasts since originally discovering it a while back. The actual PCB this device uses can be purchased from ebay for around £30, and it is fairly easy to make a custom Amiga RGB cable to connect to it, as we have now worked out the wiring needed to produce the best image. The cable wouldn't cost more than £5 to make at most. The hardest bit is sourcing the 23 pin Amiga connector, but old Amiga A520 modulators can be broken to obtain these, so not too much of a problem. Therefore for under £40 to make a working unit, plus a bit more for a case to house it and I think you can see the huge markup this ebay seller is making from this sale, easily 100% profit.

A member over at Amibay is even willing to make up the cables needed so that might be sorted.

Still, it is a great solution for Amiga fans wanting to connect their Amiga's to a modern monitor, but i don't think buying from this seller is the best option. Much better to buy the parts and build it yourself. After all, half the fun of the retro hobby is actually playing around with the hardware.

[Tiago]

half the fun of the retro hobby is actually playing around with the hardware

100% agree

What PCB are you talking about? Is it ready and we only need the cable? Or do we need to put other components?

[Harrison]

Here it is for sale as the standalone board:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-ARCADE...-/250899701935

And the price has dropped since I last looked. Now only £20. Bargain!

And yes, all you need is a custom cable to connect to this device/PCB and a VGA cable to the monitor.

Some more info:

Online manual can be found for this board here:

http://info-coach.fr/atari/hardware/video/GBS-8200.pdf

And the following post over at EAB shows it works with the Amiga:

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=759262&postcount=16

And here is the discussion I started on Amibay:

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=20468

Schematics showing cable wiring diagrams:

gbs-8220-to-Atari-st.jpg GBS-8220 CONVERTER On Atari.jpg GBS-8220 CONVERTER On Amiga.jpg

Plus they seem to work fine for conversion:

[Bloodwych]

That's a good price for an Amiga scan doubler solution supporting interlaced.

I bet a load of Amiga peeps would pay £50 in total for one of those ready to connect out of the box (custom cable included). Considering the price of them in the past!

[Tiago]

Very interesting.
I saw it's good for games, but anyone tested in Workebench at higher resoluctins?
The cable should not be difficult do do it. humm.... after i finnish my pc in Amiga project i think i will do this.