[Coco] Perhaps a silly newbie question

[Patrick Wilson]

Mike, there is another solution as well (not as pretty) but if you have an old analog color tv around with a coaxial connector on it, you can go to radio snacks and get an adapter to go from male RCA to female F-59, then just connect a short coax (RG-59) cable to the coax on the TV, set it to channel 3 or 4 and viola!  the original setup for the CoCo 2 is up!
 
Hope that helps if you cant facilitate the solution Bruce described.
 
Pat Wilson (WB0JRK)

--- On Sat, 7/2/11, Bruce W. Calkins <brucewcalkins at charter.net> wrote:


From: Bruce W. Calkins <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [Coco] Perhaps a silly newbie question
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 5:07 AM




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Needham"

Greetings fellow coco enthusiasts:

I was just looking into powering up my new COCO2 and noticed that unlike my
COCO3, it does not have a composite video out.  I have a composite monitor
(actually 2 of them) and was not sure if I can actually hook it (the 2) up
to the monitor without an intermediary box... in other words, is the TV out
the same as composite?

If not, what do I need to hook it to the monitor?  Thanks for the help in
advance.


-- 73,

J. Mike Needham <KDØJXP>
Olathe, Kansas USA



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Correct, the CoCo 2 did not come stock with a monitor output.  Even the new digital TVs won't work with them.  There are several adapter designs online. IIRC; there are some on the Maltedmedia site.  Most use a couple transistors and less than a half dozen components in total.  They don't have to be assembled to look pretty either.



www.maltedmedia.com



Bruce W.








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