[Coco] RGBtoHDMI

[Mike Delyea]

If I'm successful in getting the RGBtoHDMI working, then I intend to post
the method and results I achieved.  My coco3 to amiga monitor adaptor I
made many years ago, I posted to a coco website that became defunct shortly
after.  It used a 74ls flip flop to make it work with the amiga monitor.
Back then I knew zero about electronics and it was fun learning how I could
make it work and very satisfying when it did.  Naturally, people smarter
than me pointed out how it could be improved, much to my embarrassment.  I
know a teeny bit more than I did back then and my soldering skills have
improved so its time to try another coco project.  I hope nobody is
offended if I dismiss their suggestions, but I want to try this particular
project.

On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 11:14 PM Mike Delyea <mdelyea at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't want to go into the subject of other video solutions.  I was
> aware of the switcheroo, and I think there are 1 or 2 other solutions as
> well.  I wanted to know if anyone had tried the RGBtoHDMI solution and if
> they had any experience with trying it.  I intend to try it myself.  About
> 15 years ago I made a coco RGB to amiga monitor adaptor and that worked
> pretty well.  I no longer have the amiga monitor and I'm looking for a way
> to use my coco 3 with modern monitors.  It just so happens that I have a
> couple Lenovo monitors with HDMI inputs and I thought I'd put them to use.
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 9:50 PM RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/29/2021 8:44 PM, RETRO Innovations wrote:
>> > On 5/29/2021 8:37 PM, Mike Delyea wrote:
>> >> Yeah...SCART really isn't a thing in Canada.
>> >
>> > It's not a thing is the US either, but it doesn't matter.  The
>> > switcheroo is paired with a SCART->HDMI box, and out pops good
>> > composite and HDMI in the same cabling.
>> >
>> > If you're handy, you can grab the RGB->SCART plans and roll a cable
>> > yourself, and then just grab the SCART->HDMI box
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> Make sure, though, that you buy the converter box that looks like this:
>>
>>
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/164285011789?hash=item264026574d%3Ag%3AJiAAAOSwwshfCLs7&LH_BIN=1
>>
>> Not the way cheaper one (that only does composite)
>>
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