[Coco] MM/1 monitor solutions?

[Ken Flanagan]

I can't find any information on that model. Can you double check that you
typed it correctly?

On Sat, Mar 1, 2025, 12:59 Robert Emery via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Newly discovered that my ViewSonic VS2755 works with a straight VGA cable.
>
> I suspect any new monitor that supports "freesync" technology will work.
> Probably requires 15kHz support to qualify for that branding.
>
> Perhaps retro-gamers have more impact on the market than we thought..?
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 8:50 PM Richard Goedeken via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> > The Dell U2410 will also sync to 15khz and has a ton of inputs.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > On 2/26/25 18:48, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:
> > >> On Feb 26, 2025, at 5:32 PM, David Ladd via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> There are two types of connections depending on model of MM/1. One is
> a
> > >> DE-9 analog RGB or a 10 PIN IDC with the same pinout as the CoCo3.
> > >> There are a few options you have is a custom cable from the MM/1 to a
> > SCART
> > >> box with one of the RGB lines fed to the composite sync line as well,
> > and
> > >> you must use the same SCART caps & resistors as the CoCo3 SCART
> cables.
> > >> Second option is running the green analog line and ground wire to a
> > >> composite connector.  I have tried this with a composite capture
> device
> > >> making it a black/white image and I got a picture since the video chip
> > in
> > >> the MM/1 puts a composite sync signal on all RGB lines.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Now, I have not looked at the Microware MM/1 I have — it was an early
> > model, so it might have the CoCo connector.
> > >
> > > 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).
> > >
> > > 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 ;-)
> > >
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