The MIST FPGA computer can be connected to a SCART TV (NOTE: full SCART  - it means it must accept RGB signal).  This must be supported by the running core and the core must generate a TV-compliant RGB signal with the appropriate composite sync in order to allow the TV to correctly pick up the signal. The video signal must be a 15kHz/50Hz PAL signal.

IN THE BOX

• Mist SCART cable  ~ 1.5 meters long

Core support

The generation of a SCART TV (15khz) compliant signal is typically enabled by the following line in the MIST.INI (see the INI file documentation on GitHub):

scandoubler_disable=1 

The scandoubler is the component inside the Core that converts the standard TV signal the original machines generated into a VGA compliant signal. Disabling this component makes cores supporting this to output a signal similar to the one delivered by the original machine.

Supported cores

Cores know to support this option are:

• Atari ST
• Amiga AGA
• C64
• ZX Spectrum
• VIC-20
• and others...

Some cores come with their own method of enabling 15khz/TV support. This is the case for example for the PC-Engine and MSX cores which allow to enable TV mode via an OSD option (so you need to connect a VGA screen first to be able to use the OSD and change the mode). Or simply by using a certain core version as the Atari XL and Atari 5200 cores do.