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Make Ys available on the RGB connector
Please add the Ys signal to the RGB connector. The pin-5 of the DIN-8 MSX RGB connector was meant to be the Ys signal from the VDP.
To save some pennies on a transistor, many MSX models came with just a resistor divider connected to that pin.
But for those on the SCART world, it's very useful to have a funcional Ys pin, since the TV can superimpose the MSX image over other sources.
I attached here a screenshot of how it was implemented on the Philips NMS-8245.

There are a lot of free inverters on the current Omega schematic, and any of them could also be used to implement the Ys signal too:

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to the next revision.
There are a lot of free inverters on the current Omega schematic, and any of them could also be used to implement the Ys signal too:
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Since Ys is terminated with 75 Omh resistance this is probably too much for 74HCT04. Increasing series to 150 Omh results in 18.7 mA current - pretty high, but acceptable for 74HCT. 74ACT04 can source up to 24 mA, but is it suitable for a clock generator?