[Coco] MM/1 monitor solutions?

gene heskett gheskett at shentel.net
Fri Dec 12 08:45:30 EST 2025


On 12/9/25 16:19, Richard E. Crislip via Coco wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2025 08:05:52 -0500
> gene heskett via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/1/25 19:35, Ken Flanagan via Coco wrote:
>>>>>> Also, uptopic was a mention of a modern monitor that would “just
>>>>>> work”
>>>>> with the Amiga, etc. so if that could work with CoCo and MM/1,
>>>>> I’d love
>>>> to
>>>>> have something like that. I need a new monitor for it anyway ;-)
>> Before my coco3 died from old bad caps, the last monitor I put on it
>> was a 15" LCD color, off lease from a grocery store checkout. Found
>> it on fleabay for $50.  Included a touch screen output I was going to
>> write a driver for, which would have replaced the mouse driver I had
>> been using for 20 years, but never found a round tuit to do.  My os9
>> mouse/joystick was dead stable, used regular PC mice and the click
>> point was exactly the tip of the pointer, with none of the tandy/coco
>> mouse's infamous spasticity.  Then Amiga's and eventually linux got
>> in the way.  Then I got busy with LinuxCNC, and a garage full of
>> metal carvers, and eventually 3d printers driven by OpenSCAD output.
>> All running some form of linux. I've owned a winders box all of a
>> week in the ensuing 30 years.  Now I'm 91, retired for 23 years,
>> alone for 5 and diabetes has been trying to put a ~30~ on my story
>> for about 50 years.
>>
> Gene, you have all my respect I could possibly give and relay to
> you. God bless you and I hope you are trusting Him(Jesus) for your final
> destination.
>
> RECrislip
Thank you Richard, I hope you and your lady are well also.
>

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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