[Coco] MM/1 monitor solutions?

[David Ladd]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM Allen Huffman via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> > On Feb 26, 2025, at 5:32 PM, David Ladd via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> Ah, I didn’t know about the square one. Mine is a Blackhawk unit and it
> has a DB9. I hacked my CM-8 cable, cutting off the end and putting a DB9
> not he cable, then the opposite gender on the cut off square, so I could
> move my cable between CoCo and MM/1.
>

Yes, my MM/1 is the DE9 model and when I got my MM/1 it came with a
Magnavox Pro series with the DE9 & composite/chrome inputs on the back with
stereo speakers.


> Now, I have not looked at the Microware MM/1 I have — it was an early
> model, so it might have the CoCo connector.
>

Zippster on his page shows the CoCo3 RGB output version of the 10 pin IDC
on his page:
https://thezippsterzone.com/mm-1/



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> It didn’t dawn on me I could go SCART with this but that makes sense. I
> just need someone to build me the DB9 cable (though maybe I could manage
> that little bit of soldering).
>

It should be possible, but I haven't tested this yet.  Only tested with the
composite method so far and my old Zippster S-Video adapter.



>
> Also, uptopic was a mention of a modern monitor that would “just work”
> with the Amiga, etc. so if that could work with CoCo and MM/1, I’d love to
> have something like that. I need a new monitor for it anyway ;-)
>

Might be possible to use an arcade monitor.  I know Tom C found a more
modern arcade monitor that worked with the CoCo3 which also means should be
possible to use it with the MM/1's DE9 port or 10PIN IDC depending on model
of MM/1.



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Sincerely,
David Ladd
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