[Coco] Re: Roy's adapter.

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 11 April 2006 21:31, RJRTTY at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/11/06 7:21:54 P.M. Eastern  Daylight Time,
>
>webmaster at coco3.com writes:
>>We've been needing video  converters like these for a long time and
>> I'm glad somebody has come up  with a solution at a good cost.  It
>> would be good if we had some  kind of mini inline adaptor that can
>> work off of the CoCo's RGB video  cable-supplied voltatage (is
>> there?) so the device can be tucked away,  but anything that works
>> is a good thing.
>
>I tried to come  up with a  way to do that but couldn't.  It's
>just not possible unless you open the  coco enclosure and
>do some rewiring.
>
Add to that that the coco's psu isn't up to more than another 100ma of 
load over and above what the coco itself draws.  Every penny that could 
be engineered out of that was.

>>What I would like to see is a  gray CoCo 1 with a grayish flat panel
>> monitor sitting on top of the case  and being used for practical
>> purposes around the house or  shop
>
>You can get a composite to SVGA converter at www.matco.com  that
>will do that.   It will cost you about $75.   The  XRGB2+ will do it
> better but is no longer available.   THey are  coming up with another
> version, the XRGB3 but it will be well over  $200.
>
>Roy

-- 
Cheers, Gene
People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word
'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's
stupid bounce rules.  I do use spamassassin too. :-)
Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
message by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.