[Coco] Using my Coco on VGA monitor alternative?

Jim Cox jimcox at miba51.com
Thu Jul 26 17:21:29 EDT 2007


Hi Derek:

Roy R. Justus is the person who makes the video adapter. 
 He is on the list, so he should reply to you.

Here is a link to some pictures I took of my video 
adapter.

http://miba51.com/CoCo_VGA_Adpater.html

Hope you get one, they are a great little enhancement for 
your CoCo system.

Jim

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
  Derek <dml_68 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is a sort of follow-up question on my inquiry last 
>week to getting a CoCo 3 to run on my VGA monitor.  Many 
>of you directed me to a fella here who makes a switch box 
>but there is a waiting list right now and it maybe more 
>than I can spend right now.
> 
> Is there any reason why I could not used a TV tuner PCI 
>card in my Windows system and run to the Composite or RF 
>inputs on the card? I know it will be lower quality than 
>the native Coco 3's RGB output but it's an alternative 
>that would allow me to get to my goal of using my VGA 
>monitor with my CoCo (as well as my Apple 2, C-64 & Atari 
>800 via switch box selector hooked to the card.)
> 
> I have linked to a type of card I was considering below.
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.aspx?Image=15-276-002-12.jpg%2c15-276-002-06.jpg%2c15-276-002-07.jpg%2c15-276-002-08.jpg%2c15-276-002-09.jpg%2c15-276-002-10.jpg%2c15-276-002-11.jpg&CurImage=15-276-002-12.jpg&Depa=0&Description=SABRENT+TV-PCIRC+PCI+Interface+TV+Tuner+%2f+Video+Capture+%2f+MPEG+Recording+PCI+Card+with+Remote+Control+-+Retail
> 
> Thank you
> 
> 
> 
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