Tag: vidhd
Today, I learned about two uncommon but risky situations with the VidHD card for the Apple II that can result in data loss. John Brooks and I discussed the details and I’ve edited and updated the manual on our website. In brief: Most users do not encounter the first problem as they boot to a menu, or boot from a hard drive or other mass storage in the first six seconds, so the 5.25″ drive is not active during the…
Core v5 for the AppleSqueezer GS was released recently. It fixes an issue that a few users were having with sound on early IIGS motherboard revisions (at least, for 2 out of 4 people who reported this to me), and I’ve also received some limited feedback that it improves VidHD compatibility. VidHD was working for many already, but this should improve things further, and means that if you were still using v3, you should be able to now use v5….
Bill Davis, a long time Apple user found a new way of asking the question “Why” this week and answering it with his own “because I Can!” He figured out the VidHD card was the perfect tool for connecting his Apple IIgs computer to the Apple, Inc. produced iPad Pro. Using the 1080p video output of the VidHD card and send it to the input port on the Hollyland Mars-X HDMI wireless video transmitter, he got the appropriate signal using…
The VidHD Apple II video card has new 1.15 firmware with many improvements and fixes. And, a new version 1.1 manual now details the firmware update procedure. Firmware 1.15 Changes: Fixed sync on 1440p, 1600p, and 2160p displays as long as they also support 1920×1080 or 1920×1200. Displays smaller than 1920 horizontal resolution will not work with firmware 1.15. OS fixes: Linux 4.20.8 and uBoot 2019.01 loader. MouseText: fixes incorrect inverse-checkmark font. Fixed a bug which caused Ctrl-Reset on PAL…
In his latest video, Chris Torrence reviews the VidHD card from Blue Shift. The card lets you connect your Apple II, II+, IIe, or IIGS to a 1080p monitor or TV. Watch now!
John Brooks and Brian Wiser have completed the full manual for the VidHD, a feature-rich HDMI video card for the Apple II made by Blue Shift Inc. Additionally, John selected A.P.P.L.E. as the official host for the manual and future firmware updates. While a simpler “Installation Manual” shipped with all VidHD orders, this manual describes detailed features, VidHD Control Panel configuration, accelerator and DMA considerations, IIGS display registers, and complete credits for the VidHD product. Visit https://www.callapple.org/vidhd and download the…
John Brooks, the co-creator of the VidHD 1080p Card for the Apple II computer, has released a video of the capabilities of the card. The VidHD card allows users to use modern HDMI monitors with their Apple II computers. The Video demonstrates the high quality look of the video by using the following games via the NTSC mode of the VidHD card: Airheart, Rescue Raiders, Captain Goognight, Drol, Hard Hat Mack, Mr. Do, The Bard’s Tale, Wizardry, Dazzle Draw DHGR…
