Tony said:
I normally pick of the compostie signal before the
RF modulator (if there
isn't a composite video ouptu socket anyway, there isn't on the CoCo II,
there is on the 3) and feed it to a composite-input CRT-based monitor.
I've been away from my tools too long (don't ask) and I wasn't thinking of
I thought your original message did vie the option of 'building' the
converters
doing any surgery on the COCO since it's pristine.
The whole deal is I
Ah, OK... It's up to you. The mod should be reversable, but it wil
involve opening the case which would damage the sticekr over one of the
screws. You may not wnat to do that.
> dream,
DVI? What do you call such a conv erter? Thanks.
I beleive composite to HDMI converters esixt (may
work with DVI too, I
can't see why they'd need the decryption key from the TV set). Over here
they are often called 'SCART to HDMI converters', since the composite
input is on a SCART socket. Of course sucvh things only work if oyu have
a compostie video output from your home computer, not just the an RF
output.
I think somebody said the COCO doesn't have composite output.
No, the CoCO 2 (and origianl CoCo) do not haev composite outputs. The
CoCo 3 does, BTW. I was suggestign modifying the CoCo to extract the
compositie signal.
> Not cheap, though (getting on for $100). an
old CRT monitor is cheaper
> and probalbly more repairable if you have the space for it.
Hmmm, will any old CRT monitor work? I might be pursuaded to see if I can
No. As I said in another message tonight, the most important thing is the
scan rate, If you haev a CRT monitor that can do TV rates (not a
workstation monitor or a VGA monitor or..) then you can probably get it
to work with the CoCo, but it might involve modifying one or both devices.
scrounge one of those even though finding a home for
it would be a problem.
Was hoping to avoid the CRT death rays though since I did enough of that
What 'death rays'???
-tony