[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Opinion time

[mccomber]

--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at ...> 
> AFAIK, the shack hasn't sold a monitor suitable for use on a coco3
in 80 
> column ever, way too fuzzy.  For a while maggy made some that were 
> decent, both under their own name and under the Commodore label as the 
> 108x series, and their own 8CM515 and 8CM135..  And some of the NEC 
> multisyncs were also usable.
> 
> But no one has made an rgb input, ntsc std scan rates monitor in at 
> least a decade now, not even the $7000 a copy broadcast stuff.  About 
> the best is to get a scan convertor to upconvert it to vga monitor 
> compatability, there are at least 2 being made by members of this list 
> and I'm personally using one Roy Justis made.
> 
> -- 
> Cheers, Gene

That's interesting. I had a CoCo3 when they first came out. At the
time all I could afford was a cheap monochrome monitor.  It worked
great in 80 column mode. Never did try it with anything else other
than a tv.

Now, 20 years later, I bought a CoCo3 off eBay. I don't have a VGA
monitor (I only  have a laptop), but I have a Radio Shack CM-11 CGA
monitor. I've ordered a CoCo RGB to CGA cable but it hasn't arrived yet. 

I've heard the Commodore 1084 series are good monitors. I've been
contemplating getting one when the right deal presents itself.

Regards,
Doug







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