[Coco] again: CoCo RGB to VGA conversion

[David Gacke]

Hi James,

I have the D2 and a DIO5 plus I also bought a Mem1 and 3 DWR1's

This way I had some memory and prototyping space to wire on.

As far as how I like it, it's nice. It's not necessarily a good beginner
kit, since it doesn't come with any sample projects or any examples, but
if you want a bare bones kit at a good price, it was the best I found. 

The only thing odd about it is the way the pins are numbered across the
modules. (Meaning between the D2 and the DIO5) The pin numbering is
backwards. 

Other than that, it works really nicely. Oh and they do have
downloadable training videos on how to use the Xilinx tools which I
thought was really nice. 

Would I buy another? Ya, it's a good solid product.


Dave

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: RE: [Coco] again: CoCo RGB to VGA conversion 

David

Which Diligent board do you have and how do you like it? I have 
seen them and thinking of getting the D2FT-DIO5 combo.

james

On 19 Aug 2004 at 18:07, David Gacke wrote:

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> Hi James,
> 
> If you're willing to open the source code, I'd be happy to bug test it
> for you on my Digilent development board.  :)
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
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> 
> Al
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 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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