[Coco] MC6847 VGA (FPGA) Project underway...

[Steve Batson]

So this is going to be for the CoCo 1/2 to allow VGA? I'm assuming so from the Subject.

You guy's just keep giving me reasons to spend money on the CoCo! LOL



On Oct 9, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> We’re in the initial prototype testing stage, but everything is looking
> very promising with the first test run.  The Cyclone IV is up and running
> with 50MHz clock, serial configuration flash is working well with indirect
> JTAG programming.
> 
> Everything looks stable, VGA output looks good.  Time for Brendan and myself to
> set about refining the hardware design and FPGA code.  :)
> 
> Pics of the initial prototype and first test run boot screen…
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGnfmM0MkRKSFBXLXpCZWFhaTBQNmhlQWNuSU5sdlJTUWhjcWRtNjlEZFgxQzA <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sgl615FlGnfmM0MkRKSFBXLXpCZWFhaTBQNmhlQWNuSU5sdlJTUWhjcWRtNjlEZFgxQzA>>
> 
> This will eventually be a drop in MC6847 replacement with standard
> VGA output and whatever additional features we can come up with.
> 
> - Ed
> 
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