[Coco] CoCo 3 to RBG...

gene heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Wed Jul 20 13:35:26 EDT 2011


On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 01:33:44 PM Steve Batson did opine:

> Gene,
> 
> I didn't even see that about on board connector only handling
> 31Khz...Ok, well it looks like I need to go with my original plan and
> build the ribbon with a 15 Pin D connector. Not too excited about that
> due to the very small amount of space to work in on the connector. I'm
> almost tempted to build some type of small project board where I can
> mount connectors to the board and do all the crosswiring on it, seal it
> up in a box and then be able to use standard, straight through Ribbon
> cable on the coco side and standard straight through VGA cable on the
> output. I couldn't find my soldering iron, so I ordered one last
> week...should be her this week along with a 15pin D connector. I just
> picked up a VGA cable the other day for about $5, but it doesn't look
> like I'll need it, so I'm seriously thinking about just cutting it and
> splicing it to the ribbon cable from the Coco. At this point, I want to
> see it working before I invest any time or more money in making it
> pretty.
> 
> Steve
> 
Point is, did I read that correctly & my wet ram hasn't miss-fired?  Mine 
is laying on the coco in the basement so I can't recheck quickly.

Cheers, gene
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