[Coco] A Silly MC6847 to HDMI Conversion Idea

[Zippster]

Yes.  But since Gary has done it on the CoCo3FPGA, perhaps his code can be adapted,
so that one wouldn’t have to start from scratch.

I did start some groundwork on the hardware a while ago partially planning a module with
2MB of RAM and VGA for video output.  These were the most suitable and affordable socket
adapters I could find at $14 ea, I purchased 10 to start development.

<https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGncmViT2M1bTRuLTQ <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGncmViT2M1bTRuLTQ>>

The other socket adapters I could find were much more complicated, bulky, and expensive.

- Ed


> On Aug 4, 2016, at 9:37 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
> 
> That is a BIG task.....  I would imagine that at least 75% of what Gary is doing on the CoCo3FPGA is the synthesis of the GIME.
> 
> I have seen adapters made to plug into PLCC sockets like the one for the GIME.
> 
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> 
> Dave
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> On 8/4/2016 8:47 PM, Zippster wrote:
>> I would be happy to work with someone on a GIME plug-in.
>> If someone wants to tackle the HDL, I’ll design and build the hardware.
>> 
>> - Ed
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 4, 2016, at 7:53 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think that's a cool idea. Not silly at all.  I have often dreamt of the same thing as well as a GIME plug-in that would do the same for the CoCo 3.  There are all kinds of possibilities here. You could have an option for doubling the scan lines for a crisper text mode look, creating a higher resolution font that is still 32x16 but smoother, lower-case option, fix some of the undocumented SG modes, etc.
>>> 
>>> Dave Philipsen
>>> 
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