[Coco] COCO 2 to VGA

[Aaron Wolfe]

He was replacing the VDG chip with an FPGA as I recall, and then
usingthat to drive vga?  probably not very practical but cool project.
2011/12/5 Mark Marlette <mmarlette at frontiernet.net>:
> Aaron,
>
> VCF-SW, Brendan Donahue was working on something like this. Not sure what the current status is or if I have my projects crossed.
>
> Do you recall this???
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
> http://www.cloud9tech.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 2:35:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] COCO 2 to VGA
>
> You can convert RF to VGA with one device, such as this one:
> http://www.amazon.com/Mygica-SuperColor-Converter-Definition-Standalone/dp/B000XY6N5Y/ref=pd_sim_e_1
>
> I have something similar but not that exact one.  It does an admirable
> job of making the best of a bad situation.. in other words the output
> is about as good as it's going to get, but it's not awesome.  I use it
> for all my older computers (mc-10, ti99, sinclair, etc) and the
> results are certainly as good as anything I've seen through a TV.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Robert Hermanek
> <rhermanek at centurytel.net> wrote:
>> I'll post a few thoughts here since I've asked this question enough times
>> myself...
>>
>> A stock coco2 only has an RF (tv) output on it, and I believe there is no
>> simple converter style component out there that would get that signal onto a
>> VGA monitor.  That being said, there are lots of thoughts out there on how
>> to create a composite output for a coco2.  If a coco2 has composite out (the
>> coco3 already has a composite out) then there are lots of cheap converter
>> boxes that can convert the composite signal to either s-video or VGA.  But
>> from what I understand, the process of building the composite out is pretty
>> involved if you want the artifacting colors to show up.
>>
>> The last coco output that has nothing to do with your question is the RGB
>> output on the coco3, for which the consensus I think is that the Roy Justus
>> converter box is the best (I have one, and it's great.)
>>
>> The easiest thing you could do is get on a site like NewEgg and buy a cheap
>> small LCD TV for about $100 bucks that still includes an *analog* tuner.  If
>> you find such a beast, set it to channel 3 or 4 and you're off to the races.
>>
>> -Robert
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Ciotti" <lciotti1 at gmail.com>
>> To: <Coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 2:13 PM
>> Subject: [Coco] COCO 2 to VGA
>>
>>
>>
>>> OK so this has probably been ask like a million times, but is there a way
>>> to connect a COCO 2 to a VGA monitor?
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