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New Build - Commodore 128 RGBI to RGBA Adapter For the JAMMA GBS-8200 & GBS-8220 Series

We have taken the opportunity to restock the RGBI to RGBA Adapter for the 8200 series JAMMA boards. We have changed from 1/4 watt to 1/8 Watt resistors which make the build a lot nicer and the profile smaller. Here is the info on the board - "...I've been working on an adapter to connect a C128's 80 column video port directly to a video-game-to-VGA upscaler board such as the GBS-8200 or 8220 (i.e. ones sometimes called "JAMMA" boards). The C128 produces digital RGBIHV output pretty much identical to the old CGA video standard, while some of those upscaler devices require analogue RGB signals (without a separate intensity signal), and composite H+V sync. This board seeks to address this mismatch. My intent here is to reasonably duplicate the standard C128/CGA palette as described in the article on Wikipedia, including a suitable "brown fix" circuit. At one end is the C128 video port connection. At the other end is a row of five holes to receive the wires...