[Coco] Dual monitors on a Coco 3?

L. Curtis Boyle curtisboyle at sasktel.net
Sun Mar 12 16:59:32 EDT 2017


Actually, all 3 outputs work at the same time (RF/TV out, composite and RGB), from what I recall. The color sets between RGB and the other two are different, however.

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Mar 12, 2017, at 1:21 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
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> On Mar 12, 2017, at 2:19 PM, Paul Shoemaker <paulfe3 at swbell.net> wrote:
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>> I was wondering whether it is possible to connect both a RGB monitor and small TV using the RF out connector at the same time?  Does the Coco's video hardware send signals to both all the time?  Or does it sense when one is in use and disable the other?
>> Currently I am switching my Coco 3 back and forth from a VGA monitor (using Justin's amazing RGB to VGA device) for typical usage to a television using the RF connector when I want to see artifact colors.
>> I'm nervous to try connecting both at the same time, because I don't want to damage my one and only Coco 3!
>> Has anyone ever tried this?
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> Yes, it works fine.
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> When I vended at the CoCoFESTs, I had an RGB Monitor facing the isle for folks to see, and a composite one facing me.
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