[Coco] CGA to VGA/TFT converter

Mark Ormond markormond at mtxsystems.com
Tue Dec 11 21:02:55 EST 2012


I never tried, I tried to use it on my Amiga 1200 and had lousy results, and also as I typed this I now understand why it didn't work either.
The amiga is .7v also.Duhhhhh! I guess I could use a amp like I use to drive my arcade monitors with my vga cards and try it again. The question is where did I put it.


Later,
Dabone


-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of camillus Blockx
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:05 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] CGA to VGA/TFT converter

Hi, was it usable on coco 3?
cba


On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mark Ormond <markormond at mtxsystems.com>wrote:

> I've got one of those, and yes they mean CGA in the arcade sense, not 
> in the IBM sense.
> So analog rgb 15K input with Video amplitude of 2-5V point to point.
>
> Later,
> dabone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On Behalf Of Michael Graham
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:41 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CGA to VGA/TFT converter
>
> I've seen that thing before.  I'm pretty sure saying it takes CGA is 
> incorrect.  Or rather, they're using CGA to mean 15kHz RGB, as they do 
> in the arcade cabinet communities.  But at any rate, I'm fairly sure 
> the RGB input is meant to be analog.
>
> -Michael
>
> On 12/10/2012 09:27 PM, Frank Swygert wrote:
> > I know a couple people on the list are making a converter, but this 
> > might be an option:
> > http://www.starlitegaming.com/Parts_and_Accessories/Converters.html
> >
> > It's listed as $39.99 + $8 shipping. Converts RGB/CGA (combined or 
> > separate sync) to VGA. This will work with a CoCo, as you can 
> > connect a CGA monitor (but lose a lot of colors). I'm not sure how 
> > it will work with analog rather than digital input, should be the 
> > came as using an old CGA monitor (lose colors), I'd think.  Any comments?
> >
>
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