[Coco] A Silly MC6847 to HDMI Conversion Idea

[Dave Philipsen]

That adapter looks like it would do the job.  A little pricey, in my 
opinion, at $14....

Dave


On 8/4/2016 9:51 PM, Zippster wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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