12 Dec
2011
12 Dec
'11
1:30 p.m.
I have an old COCO II somewhere but I don't have a television. What
are you guys who have similar old systems doing for a display? Is there
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.
a device to convert the TV out from those computers to
D-Sub or dare to
at least over here, most moder n TVs (inlducing LCD and plasma ones) have
analogue TV tuner/demodulation circuitry (as well as digital) which seems
ot work with old home compoters. And composite (and manye analogue RGB)
inputs on RCA phono or SCART socketxs.
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.
Not cheap, though (getting on for $100). an old CRT monitor is cheaper
and probalbly more repairable if you have the space for it.
-tony