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On Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:58:04 +0100, Neil Jackson
<neil@njackson.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to connect my PC to a TV?
> After previously owning a games console, I miss the `arcade look`
> created by a television. My PC monitor is `too pure and clean` when it
> comes to game graphics. Games like Doom look wierd on a monitor as you
> can see every block on the screen. I want a fuzzy, unfocassed, blurry
> picture when playing games, without violently bashing the monitor until
> this effect is created. Vast ammounts of alcohol creates a fuzzy
> picture, but it wears off after a while and gaming performance is
> drastically reduced.

<g>

> Is there any way that a cheap external TV modulator can be connected to
> the output of my existing graphics card, a bit like the old Amiga 500
> external TV modulator? Or can a special lead be `rigged` to allow me to
> use a TV.

Nope, you're stuck. Big time. If you do try, you could damage the TV (you
can connect a 13 pin output to a SCART, but it's not generally a good idea
unless you're sure the TV can cope).

> I've got very little money left, so please no bright ideas about getting
> a new 200 quid graphics card with built in TV tuners or anything like
> that.

I think this is the only sure way - a non-standard graphics card with TV
output. But I'm fairly sure these don't come cheap.

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Hemal Popat
hemal@popath.demon.co.uk