[Coco] Re: S-video Prospects...

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello Stephen

Huh??? I thought I placed a down payment at the CoCoFest for one of these
beasts. I definately want to be able to use my CoCo3 with a SVGA monitor.
$15.00 is a bargin at twice the price. Or am I barking up the wrong
tree....   again 8-S

On 01/04/2006, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The most important part, the AD72x needs to be obtained at a reasonable 
> cost.
>
> No one has said they are going to do a buy or even at what price they
> might.
>
> The $15 cost assumes a well stocked parts bin or access to a parts
> supply similiar to what I have had in the past here in Silicon Valley.
>
> Most but not all stores have disappeared or are rapidly stocking only 
> Surface
> Mount stuff. They only buy what their customers have too many of and
> what they can sell to other customers. That today is SM.
>
> Stores that remain:
>
> Alltronics, Moved to far south of San Jose but I would make a trip just
> to  get out.
>
> Haltronics: Still in the 5th place they have operating but speaking
> about  number 6.
>
> Halted: Bought by Oracial and closed down for the tax write off. Was
> one of  the best.
>
> ???? Name I cannot remember. Closed their Santa Clara store which was
> the  first place
> I would go for the parts for this project. San Jose Store still open
> but was  not as fully
> stocked as their Santa Clara store.
>
> Anchor: Still open but very small showroom, not a good place for what
> we  need.
>
> A few more, I have not checked lately as I have not been building
> anything.
>
> Jameco: Mail Order is better than my walking in and then waiting for a
> hour. Appears to be the best place for the hobbist today.
>
> Most of these have web pages.
>
> Remember, we need only a few simple parts:
>
> 1 x AD72x IC
> 1 x Surf Board
> 1 x small perf board
> some small wire
> 1 x Crystal or OSC
> Perhaps a S-Video Connector to mount in the back of the CoCo Case.
> 6 x 75 Ohm resistors
> 3 x 100 Ohm resistors for in the R, G and B lines from the CoCo.
>
> 5 x .01 Caps
> 2 x 10  Caps
> 3 x 220  Caps
>
> Maybe 2 x 10K Ohm Resistors
>
> My interest is non - CoCo and requires an AD725, an AD724 being perhaps
> better for a CoCo project.
>
> Those parts do not add up to $95. Most except for the IC and Surf Board
> I might may allready have in my parts bin.
>
> Stephen H. Fischer
>
> Chris Hawks wrote:
>> ---Reply to mail from Stephen H. Fischer about [Coco] S-video
>> Prospects...
>
>>> The $95 price is below Analog's > $125 price for their evaluation
>>> board but much higher than the ~ $15 that building your own would
>>> cost.
>
>>> BTY, I just used 3 resistors, one in each of the R, G and B lines to
>>> connect My CoCo 3
>>> to the AD723 Evaluation board for S-Video output to my RCA TV.
>>>
>>> Now, if his price was lower, it would be a fine CoCo 3 add on,
>>> even though he has too many unnecessary parts for our usage.
>>
>>    Cool! I'm glad someone has the time to work on it. I'll get in line
>> now.
>>
>> ---End reply
>>
>> Christopher R. Hawks
>> HAWKSoft
>
>
>
Regards
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