[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Re: TRS-80 CoCo Group Color Computer Composite Video - Compared to "modern" composite - I don't get it
Matías Gutiérrez Reto
matiasar at tournet.com.ar
Mon Jan 30 08:36:23 EST 2006
You have to connect to the ANTENNA, not the video in.
Note that it has a
channel 3/4 switch - the TV has to be set to the same
channel. You may need
an adaptor plug, but you can't use the RF modulator -
return it.
(Other lists - copy this guy please, he's only on
TRS80CoCo at yahoogroups.com )
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "benwillis" <benwillis at verizon.net>
> Hello, I'm new to this board and hope that there's
somebody out
> there who can help me understand something.
>
> I've loved the Coco for years, used one in college
back in the early
> 80's for my degree. It was cool to hookup to the
TV, had a 300 baud
> modem, cassette drive, loved it, but always had
screen interference
> problems with the RF modulator. Oh well.
>
> Now I've purchased one on eBay, even got a floppy
drive (I just had
> cassette in college, couldn't afford the $500
drive!).
>
> Anyway, I want to hook it up, and get a good
picture. Bought an RF
> modulator, disappointing to say, it still has a
crappy picture.
>
> Then I was wondering - the Coco (this is a Coco 2)
has a composite
> video out, but what confuses me is it has _both_
video and audio
> over one cable. Newer TV's with composite input have
just the video
> on the composite cable, and the sound is separate.
Plus if I plug
> the composite from the Coco into the TV composite
input, it (of
> course) doesn't work.
>
> What I don't get is, why doesn't it work? Why is the
sound/video
> together on the Coco composite, but separate on
"modern" TV's? Is
> it possible to separate the 2 somehow and plug
directly into a TV
> without an A/B switch? All I want is to display the
video crisp and
> sharp and also have sound. Should I just buy a Coco
monitor?
>
> Any advice on improving the Coco picture, and making
it work well
> with a TV, would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
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