[Coco] TRS-80 Tandy Color Computer CoCo 3 RGB Video Cable

jdaggett at gate.net jdaggett at gate.net
Sun Jul 22 15:48:23 EDT 2007


Derek

T he pinouts are in the service manual which is available on the net. Th e 
word of caution on monitors. You will have to use a monitor that can sync to 
15.7 KHz horizontal  frequency. Modern monitors will not sync to that low a 
frequency.  

james

On 22 Jul 2007 at 6:21, Derek wrote:

> There was recently an e-bay auction (which I lost btw..grrr) for a
> cable that went from a Coco III  to a 9 pin RGB monitor. I was
> wondering if there are any schematic or instructions on how to build
> one of these around that someone would be willing to share? I see the
> old 9 PIN color monitors all the time at local thrift stores for
> around $5 so this would be an affordable way to upgrade to a nice
> video display. Also I ould think there would only be certain monitors
> that this cable would work with. What specifications would one need to
> look for on the monitor end?
> 
> The auction which has ended is here :
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3
> AMEDW%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190132725303&rd=1&rd=1
> 
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Derek
> 
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