[Coco] Re: CoCo 3 Monitor

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Torsten Dittel may have mentioned these words:
> > Does anyone know what all monitors are adaptable to the CoCo3? I have
> > read about projects for the CoCo. It would be nice to have this and it
> > would be nice to have that. But what about an adapter so we can use
> > regular CHEAP SVGA monitors for our beloved CoCo?

To do that, what you need is called a "clock doubler" as most VGA monitors 
made in the last 10 years don't support the slower NTSC clock rate.

Or, you could spring for a nice 17" LCD TV, which would hook straight into 
the NTSC Video Out port... ;-) However, that's a $500+ USD "solution"...

>Some commercial solutions are out but expensive and do much more than
>one would need for the CoCo. Might be the first hardware project I'd do
>this summer: A cheap (<50 US$) hardware solution which fits neatly into
>the "bottom hole" of the Coco3 and adds a standard female D-SUB15
>connector to connect a standard VGA device. A one chip solution should
>be possible. We had already several discussions about that right here on
>the list.

I've seen external "clock doublers" (Think of hooking a VCR to an SVGA 
monitor -- not a CoCo 3 -- makes the Googling a bit easier... ;-) ) for 
about $65 + shipping.

However, what I want to do is hook my CoCo3 into the video capture port of 
my AGP card - that way I'd have a *real coco* running as a window on my 
PC... Add an AT keyboard adapter and KVM switch, and you'd lose almost zero 
deskspace to run your CoCo!

But I'm weird, so take this with a grain of salt... ;-)

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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