[Coco] RGB to S-Video adapter Coco 3

Frank Pittel fwp at deepthought.com
Wed May 24 21:09:33 EDT 2006


John,

While I'm not Chris and I don't speak for him. I do however recall
seeing an email from him stating that while he would be willing to
make that change needed to output PAL he had no way of testing it and
as a result couldn't guarantee that it would work.

Frank



On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 08:04:56PM -0400, John Kowalski wrote:
> Hi Fedor,
> 
> All it would require to convert the RGB-to-Svideo circuit to output PAL
> instead of NTSC would be to replace the 3.579545 Mhz crystal with a 4.433619
> Mhz one, cut the trace going to pin 1 of the AD724 chip and then rewire pin
> 1 to ground.
> 
> I can't say Chris would do it, because I'm not him - but I'm 99% sure this
> modification would just work the first time without having to send it back
> for an adjustment.
> 
> 
> At 08:45 PM 24/05/2006 +0200, CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts wrote:
> >Hi Chris,
> >
> >Thanks. Would that mean, in theory, that one can take a CoCo3 that normally
> >sends an NTSC signal through its antenna cable and composite video outputs,
> >hook up the adapter to the RGB output and have the screen displayed on a PAL
> >television?
> >
> >I think I would be interested in this even if it would mean having to send
> >it back and forth a couple of times. What do you think?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Fedor
> >
> >
> >On 23/05/06, Christopher Hawks <chawks at dls.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Fedor Steeman wrote:
> >> > What's this thing about a RGB to S-Video adapter for the Coco 3? Where
> >> > can I
> >> > get it? Does it work on PAL teevees too?
> >>
> >> Fedor:
> >>
> >>         Sock Master (John Kowalski) posted a message (way back, 13 Dec
> >> 2005 ??)
> >> about pulling S-Video from the RGB-to-PAL daughterboard. I _could_ build
> >> the RGB to S-Video adapter for PAL (simple changes to the circuit), but,
> >> have no way to test it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Christopher R. Hawks
> >> HAWKSoft
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> >>
> 
>                                          John Kowalski (Sock Master)
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> 
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