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     John Ball (Pentium) New member Username: Pentium Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2007 Rating: N/A |
Hello all. Back on early September I purchased my first VFX1 set with everything BUT the VIP card. I finally managed to nab that as well as another headset in a more recent sale and I plan to be picking it up this weekend or next weekend. Anyways, the first thing I did was pull out one of my few motherboards I had that were fast and still had a lone ISA slot. I then grabbed my unused WinFast GeForce2 Pro and hoped that the VESA connector on it would do what I want. It turns out however that no matter how good the card is, the VESA connection will forever limit you to 256 color (at least that is what my research shows). I then found this site and about the linkbox and the many different incarnations of it. It appears that we are almost there with success but everyone is having trouble producing a proper signal for the VFX1 to use from a VGA signal without massive modifications. One linkbox I saw used a converter but prevented use of the VIP card. My solution was this: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/VFX1/wiring.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/VFX1/box.jpg What it does is separate the video signals from the rest of the cable that runs between the VIP card and the VFX1 and allow you to do whatever the heck you want with the video but at the same time preserve all other functions of the headset like the headphones, mic and tracking. While it does limit you to a motherboard with an ISA slot, every so often on ebay a motherboard will appear that's both fast and still has a single ISA slot. In fact I actually did see a board with both a PCI express slot and an ISA slot a few months back. The other problem is that you will probably have to sacrifice a cable in order to make the needed connections (no problem for me, I have half a dozen 10' VFX1 cables). Which leads back to video. Has anyone ever created an economical way of producing the needed video signal with the proper L/R sync from a VGA (or DVI) connection? Spending $150+ for a converter really seems like a waste of money. BTW, has anyone developed drivers for the VFX1 so that it will work in Windows 2000 or am I stuck with Windows 98? | ||
| John Ball (Pentium) New member Username: Pentium Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2007 Rating: N/A |
This may be easier than I thought. This converter just might do the trick. http://www.geocities.com/mellott124/VFX1Linkbox/VFX1DisplaySchematics.doc | ||
| John Ball (Pentium) New member Username: Pentium Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2007 Rating: N/A |
Almost there. Now I have to clean the schematic up and work on the scan converters. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/VFX1/schematicv2.jpg | ||
| Marvio Santos (Marvio) New member Username: Marvio Post Number: 15 Registered: 6-2006 Rating: N/A |
There was a thread on this site with all the schematics for a link box, if you are eletronics inclined that's all you need. Just do a search for it, it's pretty damn long too. and yeah, no matter how good your Vid card is the VESA connector will limit you to 800X600X256, with no hardware acceleration |
