[Coco] MC6847 VGA (FPGA) Project underway...

[Zippster]

That’s a CoCo2 screen on a VGA monitor in the pic.  :)
This should allow for VGA boards to be made for any 6847 based system.

- Ed


> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:16 PM, Steve Batson via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> So this is going to be for the CoCo 1/2 to allow VGA? I'm assuming so from the Subject.
> 
> You guy's just keep giving me reasons to spend money on the CoCo! LOL
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 9, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> We’re in the initial prototype testing stage, but everything is looking
>> very promising with the first test run.  The Cyclone IV is up and running
>> with 50MHz clock, serial configuration flash is working well with indirect
>> JTAG programming.
>> 
>> Everything looks stable, VGA output looks good.  Time for Brendan and myself to
>> set about refining the hardware design and FPGA code.  :)
>> 
>> Pics of the initial prototype and first test run boot screen…
>> 
>> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGnfmM0MkRKSFBXLXpCZWFhaTBQNmhlQWNuSU5sdlJTUWhjcWRtNjlEZFgxQzA <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGnfmM0MkRKSFBXLXpCZWFhaTBQNmhlQWNuSU5sdlJTUWhjcWRtNjlEZFgxQzA>>
>> 
>> This will eventually be a drop in MC6847 replacement with standard
>> VGA output and whatever additional features we can come up with.
>> 
>> - Ed
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