[Coco] Luis, your RGB2VGA board is terrific !!!

[Kip Koon]

Hi Gustavo,
Thanks very much for the heads up.  I really appreciate it.  That will definitely be useful when I solder male headers on.  Thanks a bunch!

Kip Koon
computerdoc at sc.rr.com
http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Gustavo Ranaur Schoenaker
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:09 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Luis, your RGB2VGA board is terrific !!!
> 
> Kip and Didier (and anyone that want to solder the board).
> 
> I made three boards already (yes, they´re awesome!) and I got some experience soldering the header connectors. I wrote it on my
> site, but It was in portuguese, so here is in english.
> 
> The best way to solder the connectors to the DE-0 board is to solder them with the board connected. Yes, I know you shouldn't do
> this. But we are professionals, right?:-)
> 
> Connect the board to both 20pin double headers. Insert the header to the RGB2VGA board.
> 
> When everything is right, solder the edge pins with a low temperature iron (250F or 300F). After soldering 4 pins on each header,
> remove the board slow and carefully using a screwdriver to pry.
> 
> Raise the temperature to a regular 350F and solder the rest. If you want, reheat the edge pins when the other pins are soldered.
> 
> My second and third boards I made this way, and they fit perfectly on the Altera. I needed to resolder my first board do make it work.
> 
> Happy cocoing!
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Cocodemus <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Composite port and set the jumpers
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jun 12, 2015, at 4:58 PM, didier derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > btw  how do I connect the rgb2vga to an apple II ?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Le 12/06/2015 22:55, Cocodemus a écrit :
> > >> Great to heat you did it :)
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>
> > >>> On Jun 12, 2015, at 4:40 PM, didier derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks Luis;
> > >>>
> > >>> I've, just completed the build of the RGB2VGA board the result is
> > >>> terrific, the image is really crip, the colors great
> > >>>
> > >>> Even the 80 col is really nice
> > >>>
> > >>> the only problem I had, was to fit the RGB2VGA on the DE0-NANO
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks Kip Koon for the help with the programming of the DE0-NANO
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> You know what ?
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm happy :)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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