[Coco] Run of RGB2VGA boards

Richard E. Crislip rcrislip at neo.rr.com
Fri Aug 14 17:09:36 EDT 2015


On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:46:52 -0700
Richard Goedeken <Richard at fascinationsoftware.com> wrote:

> The RGB2VGA converter will not work that great with an Amiga.  It has
> 4-bits (OCS) or more (AGA) per color component, so digitizing it with
> a 2-3 bit ADC will not look nice.  The 23-pin Amiga video connector
> provides both separate H/V syncs and a combined sync.
> 
> Richard
> 
> On 08/13/2015 07:34 PM, Zippster wrote:
> > I’m not familiar with Amiga video signals.
> > 
> > What type of output does the Amiga have?
> > 
> > Analog RGB with separate syncs?  Or is it composite sync?
> > 
> > - Ed
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>
> >> Has anyone tried them with the Amiga? If not I will, as long as it
> >> won't blow up.
> >>
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> 

Richard and Steve,

Thank you for the response. I will not try it.

Mike, I do not know enough about the Amiga display signals to answer
your question, but apparently Rich and Steve do. I know my Magnavox
monitor worj with both the Amiga and CoCo3. That's why I asked.


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