[Coco] World's most expensive Coco RGB -> VGA adapter?

[Mark Marlette]

Mark,

Sounds very cool and powerful.

Doesn't it suxk when you actually have to build a cable?

These tools are so cool to design with the software, compile and presto a design!

Can you make a virtual cable? :)

Look forward to your shots.

Regards,

Mark


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:58:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] World's most expensive Coco RGB ->  VGA adapter?

On 20/07/2011 1:27 AM, Andrew wrote:

> What do you figure would be the price point, approximately, Mark? Is it too
> early to ask that?

I don't have a feel for the price atm, to be honest.

Whilst we did the design, our client suggested the main components, and they 
also handled all the part sourcing and manufacturing, so we didn't really 
get involved in any of the pricing.

The design has 2x FPGAs, DDR2, 64-bit wide DDR3, DVI RX & TX and analogue 
video input. A cut down version could probably eliminate 1 FPGA, DDR2 or 3, 
DVI RX to begin with. The video memory bandwidth was designed to handle 
mixing 2x streams at least 1920x1200, which is way overkill for any (single 
stream) of retro micro video. But it would be a complete re-spin and a 
pretty complex board (10 layers?). Funnily enough the 1st rev was less than 
half the size, only 1 FPGA, but no analogue (IIRC) - and 18 layers!!! :O

When I know more I'll let you know. I would seriously like to produce such a 
board, and perhaps our client may be interested in some sort of joint venture?!?

> but I also have a couple Amigas
> - and while my 1084S is still running - though its been a while since I last
> powered it up - it would be nice to have another option...

I've got a busy day today, but tomorrow I'll try to post a few shots of the 
Amiga running on it! I'm in the process of producing cables for all my 
micros to test them out...

Regards,

-- 
|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

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