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LumaCode
- pavlov 3y agoIt’s a digital video output for retro computers that can be applied as a hardware modification. These devices originally only had analog outputs [1], so getting a digital signal enables a much cleaner conversion to modern video standards. The LumaCode signal can be visually inspected on a standard analog TV, which is nice: “…it is possible to just plug it into any TV that has a composite video or mono input jack. The image will then show some grayscale pattern roughly resembling the original picture.” [1] Not so clear-cut, as some computers of the era did have digital outputs for vendor-specific monitors.
- actionfromafar 3y agoThese digital outputs were more like "a few fixed levels per color" analog than what goes for digital these days. So you could often plug an analog monitor into these digital outs and get something.