[Coco] The need to keep older monitors

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Jim Cox may have mentioned these words:
>Now that I have one of Roy's adapters, I am wondering if I should keep the 
>old monitors I rescued over the yeats.  I have a both a RS monitor for the 
>CoCo as well as one of the Comodore ones that can be used with a CoCo 
>using a special cable.
>
>I also have a few others that are multi-synch.  I think those will go to 
>the recycling center first, but should I keep the RS monitor?

If by "multi-synch" you mean (for example) a NEC 2A type VGA monitor that 
will sync down to NTSC frequencies, I'd *keep* that one over all others. 
Them thar suckers are rarer than hens teeth, and wouldn't _need_ Roy's 
adapter to work.

IMHO, if you have the right adapters, the I'd ditch the CM-8 first (.42dp) 
the Commie secondary (weren't they .34-.37 dp?) and the multi-sync last 
(assuming I understand you correctly) as they'd be about .28dp and should 
give a bodacious picture on a CoCo; and could still be used on a lower-end PC.

>Also, isn't there another video adapter out there for the CoCo?  Sorry, I 
>haven't had time to scan all the posts lately.

Chris Hawks has an S-Video adapter either out, or very nearly out, so you 
can run 80-columns on a good S-Video capable TV.

HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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