[Coco] 15kHz LCD monitors for the Coco

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

Those things are getting harder and harder to hack because they use less
and less components.

Luis Felipe Antoniosi



On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:

> My experience was similar to yours.
> I managed to modify a Heathkit color TV
> to accept rgb and sync signals from the Coco.
> The characters on the 80 column screen looked great.
> What do you think, could I modify this monitor
> fairly easily to accept rgb and sync signals from the Coco?
> 7" 800 x 480 RGB Digital Display Video Monitor
> US $35.99 Free shipping Worldwide
> http://tinyurl.com/kg5unsx
>
>
> Kandur
>
> Saturday, November 8, 2014, 6:55:36 AM, you wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:31:59 -0800
> > From: Kandur <k at qdv.pw>
>
> > Would these monitors make a good display for the Coco?
> > Screen Size: 7 inch $40
> > Display Component: Color TFT-LCD
> > Number of Dots: 480W * RGB * 234H
> > Video Frequency: PAL/NTSC7"
> > http://tinyurl.com/pb8elxb
>
> > 9 inch LCD display $52
> > Specifications:
> > Screen: 9-inch 16:9 TFT LCD
> > Resolution: 800*480 Pixels
> > System: PAL/ NTSC (video)
> > http://tinyurl.com/ptwg5uh
> > ===========================================
>
> > They say PAL/NTSC, but appear to only have an S-video input. eBay item
> > number: 271520428413 appears to have composite input as well as VGA.
> Never
> > used it, don't know how it works, but it says "reversing priority
> > function", so it seems to have some composite converting circuitry built
> > in.
>
> > Note that any screen with composite inputs isn't going to work well with
> > an 80 column screen. 40, and maybe the 64 character mode in monochrome.
>
> > I found 64 character width to be very useable on an old B&W TV or
> > monochrome composite monitor. Color not so good. I did a lot of word
> > processing with Telewriter 64 (think I have the name right...) and a B&W
> > TV on a CoCo2 (and later the updated version on a CoCo3). I printed at 64
> > characters too, so I essentially had a WYSIWYG word processor on the
> > CC2...
>
>
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