[Coco] First impression of Roy's adapter.

[Grumpyx]

I have one connect to a 15" LCD, it works great.

Malcom


On 4/9/06, Jim Cox <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:

>

> Roger:

>

> The adapter connects to the monitor connector on the

> bottom of a CoCo-3 as opposed to the RCA video connector

> in the back.  The monitor connector is for monitors such

> as the CM-8

>

> Basically the adapter takes the signal from the CoCo and

> converts it to a VGA signal so it can be used on most VGA

> monitors.  I assume a flat panel will work.

>

> There has been talk on this list about it, so I assumed

> most poeple knew of it.  I hope that's the case and I

> didn't let anything out of the bag. :/

>

> -Jim

>

> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:08:56 -0500

> Roger Taylor <webmaster at coco3.com> wrote:

> > At 11:21 PM 4/8/2006, you wrote:

> >>I just finished adding the adapter I got from Roy to my

> >>CoCo-3 set up.  It works great.

> >>

> >>I had to open it up and take a look and Roy did a great

> >>job.  For the money, it's one of the best things anyone

> >>can add to their CoCo-3 set up.

> >>

> >>I hope Roy sell a lot of them at the Fest.

> >>

> >>-Jim

> >

> >

> > Give us more information, you or Roy, about this adaptor

> >and what we can use with it.  I really want to set a

> >cheap flat panel monitor on top of a gray CoCo 1 and

> >watch people freak out and ask, "what is that?".  It

> >would make the best little shop computer around perhaps

> >using some old Handyman software or a ROM Pak based

> >calculator, etc.

> >

> >

> >

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