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

[Zippster]

That’s definitely something I’ve been thinking about Louis.

I’d like to duplicate the SAM next, and at that point, possibly design a CoCo2 Plus.
After that, I’m hoping to work on a GIME replacement, paving the way for the so far
mythical CoCo4.  :)

- Ed



> On Oct 11, 2015, at 8:38 PM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Stuff like this makes me think that after enough of these small pieces are built, we could assemble a whole CoCo…  We have the SDcard, now a real VGA output, all we need now is the CPU, Memory and basic IO…
> 
> Very Cool!
> 
> 
>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 8:05 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Go for it!  Let me know if I can help, I’m probably not too far ahead of you.
>> 
>> You have a lot of reading ahead…  :)  It’s fun though.
>> 
>> - Ed
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Very nice!   I really need to learn how to use FPGA's  :/
>>> 
>>> - Chad H
>>> http://sites.google.com/site/cbhlab101/
>>> 
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>>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Zippster
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 3:50 PM
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] MC6847 VGA (FPGA) Project underway...
>>> 
>>> Sneak peek of the layout for American CoCo2 motherboards… Still needs some work, but pretty close.
>>> 
>>> The first two variants will be this one, and a version for F board CoCo1s.
>>> 
>>> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGnMlRFZkVUMWlYb1k <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGnMlRFZkVUMWlYb1k>>
>>> 
>>> - Ed
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 10, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> No, but the case will have to be drilled for a 15-pin VGA connector, 
>>>> and any switches that a user wants for artifact control, etc.  These will connect by ribbon cable to the PCB.
>>>> I will probably design a mini-board for the video connector and switches.
>>>> 
>>>> - Ed
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 10, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm glad to see something like this in the works for the CoCo 2 :)  I'm curious, do you yet have any illustrations on how this will be hooked up inside the case and also how it will look from the outside of the back?
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Chad H
>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/cbhlab101
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of 
>>>>> Zippster
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 9:54 AM
>>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] MC6847 VGA (FPGA) Project underway...
>>>>> 
>>>>> The board will be VGA only, but RF modulators, my composite boards, and most other composite mods will still be functional.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Ed
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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