[Coco] 65k colours serial VGA module

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Mon May 21 20:21:41 EDT 2012


Hi all,

The designer of the Maximite computer http://geoffg.net/maximite.html, Geoff 
Graham told the Maximite forum that he tried out this module, but it was far 
too slow for useful work as a computer screen. He said:

QUOTE:
...redrawing a screen full of text took about 5 seconds
/QUOTE

Ah, well, it was a thought.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia



> On 21/05/2012 2:48 PM, Bob Devries wrote:
>
>> has anyone seen this module?
>> http://www.4dsystems.com.au/prod.php?id=131
>
> My impression of these modules is that they are intended for 
> status/informational or kiosk type displays where static images are loaded 
> off SD with some dynamic text overlay.
>
> With a serial interface and effectively restricted access to the hardware 
> IMHO they're not suited at all to, for example, running a game.
>
> Regards,
>
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