[Coco] again: CoCo RGB to VGA conversion

[mmarlett at isd.net]

james,

Could you please expand on the major enhancements to the video section?

At a minimum I hope that it will be 100% backwards compatible, plus all the
new stuff you add. ????

Mark


 >Al
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>I am currently looking at doin gthe GIME in an FPGA and doing 
>some major enhancements to the video section. So far very 
>promising. Then you can dump a 6809 CPU into another FPGA and 
>basically there it is a coco on two chips and I/O 3.3 volt tolerant and 
>the core runs at 1.8 VDC. Nice operation for a laptop type scenario. 
>
>james
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>On 19 Aug 2004 at 15:13, alsplace at pobox.com wrote:
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>> Space is a big issue.  The emulator should be the natural solution,
>> but JeffV's never worked fast enough for me to use, and now I'm on a
>> Mac and can't figure out how to get MESS running well enough to use. 
>> A real CoCo would be ideal.  But I haven't had a CRT computer since my
>> 1999 iMac DV (which was still tiny -- all in one, "monitor" with a
>> keyboard and mouse and that was it).  My iMac from 2001 is flat panel
>> and now I'm hooked on that idea.
>> 
>> So, really, I'm hoping we can figure something out -- this might be a
>> great opportunity for another CoCo HW team to do something, so Could-9
>> isn't the only game in town (else Mark will be backlogged with
>> projects for years!).
>> 
>> Hmmm.  Glenside project, maybe? :)
>> 
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