[Coco] Will this build-your-own s-video board work for CoCo 3?

[Blake Patterson]

My 1084S has a DIN -- like the Magnavox.  My older 1080 has a DB9.
It's the 1084S I want to tie to the Coco 3.



bp

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Richard E. Crisilip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 March 2011 22:47:05 Blake Patterson wrote:
>> But, doesn't the CoCo 3 wire straight into a 1084? From what I've read
>> it just works on that screen. Wouldn't that mean it's the same signal
>> type of the Amiga?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> (I can't go straight to a 1084 with a properly wired simple cable, then?)
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Steve Bjork <6809er at srbsoftware.com> wrote:
>> > Not without a circuit to convert H & V syncs of the CoCo 3 to one sync
>> > like on the Amiga.
>> > Better to stay with a RGB  converter that been designed for the CoCo 3.
>> >
>> > On 3/8/2011 6:25 PM, Blake Patterson wrote:
>> >> I recently acquired a CoCo 3 and want s-video (or component) output.
>> >> I saw this a while ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDP8cvIXtFY
>> >> Will the mentioned Neobitz board work if I wire the Coco 3 to it?
>> >> http://neobitz.com/Pages/Mods/SystemMods.aspx
>> >> Thanks.
>> >> bp
>> >
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> Hello
>
> Steve and Gene are much more experienced and knowledgable than I, but having
> said that, it seems there were 1084 monitors and then there were 1084
> monitors. I had a 1084s (stereo) that came with the DB23/DIN interface cable.
> That monitor work great with my CoCo3. No alterations required. It look
> exactly like the Magavox Professinal monitor I currently run on both machines.
> BTW, my Amiga came from Gene 8-). Now Commodore sold another monitor they
> called 1084 that had a more rounded case and used a DB23/DB9 interface cable.
> That monitor is the one (as I understand it) ithat require synch magic to be
> done in order to use it with the CoCO3.
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