Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:48:22 GMT
Reply-To: Joseph Remy
Sender: COCO – Tandy Color Computer List
From: Joseph Remy
Organization: University of California, Davis
Subject: RGB pinout on a CoCo3?
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows what the pin outs on the RGB connector
under the CoCo3 is. And also if I could use that to hook up a Tandy CM-5
RGB monitor, by making a db9 adapter for it.
Maybe I’ll test it out and let you all know, if no one knows. :
furthering the CoCo knowledge base is always good!
~joe
jdremy [at] ucdavis [dot] edu
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 21:57:50 EST
Reply-To: “James C. Hrubik Sr.”
Sender: COCO – Tandy Color Computer List
From: “James C. Hrubik Sr.”
Subject: Re: RGB pinout on a CoCo3?
In-Reply-To: <9802262003 [dot] AA04460 [at] acorn [dot] net>; from “Joseph Remy” at Feb 26,
98 4:48 pm
RGB output on CoCo is:
1&2 = GND
3 = RED
4 = GREEN
5 = BLUE
6 = NC
7 = SOUND
8 = HSync
9 = VSync
10 = -5V * just noticed this goes to a PIA address pin on the 68B21;
???whatzit do??? I realize you don’t need to connect it to anything
to make the monitor work, but what’s its significance?
—Jim
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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 22:44:30 -0500
Reply-To: Robert Gault
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From: Robert Gault
Subject: Re: RGB pinout on a CoCo3?
The intent was to be able to detect a working monitor. This option which would
have worked for a Tandy monitor was not implemented in the ROM code.
James C. Hrubik Sr. wrote:
>
> RGB output on CoCo is:
>
snip
> 10 = -5V * just noticed this goes to a PIA address pin on the 68B21;
> ???whatzit do??? I realize you don’t need to connect it to anything
> to make the monitor work, but what’s its significance?
>
> —Jim
>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 02:30:18 -0600
Reply-To: Carl Boll – System Operator
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From: Carl Boll – System Operator
Subject: Re: RGB pinout on a CoCo3?
In-Reply-To: <199802270356 [dot] VAA25585 [at] mail [dot] xnet [dot] com> from “Robert Gault” at Feb
26, 98 10:44:30 pm
While thinking of something else Robert Gault’s fingers typed:
#>
#> The intent was to be able to detect a working monitor. This option which wou
ld
#> have worked for a Tandy monitor was not implemented in the ROM code.
#>
Uh, no it wouldn’t according to the Tandy Service manual for the CM-8.
According to the manual that line isn’t connected to anything inside the
CM-8 so there is no way the CoCo could detect the Tandy monitor. This
is likely the reason that the ROM code was never implemented. Tandy
probably saved $.05 per monitor to not have the line implemented. This
would be just about right. Of course there is always the possibility
that the CM-8 is a repackaged of the shelf monitor too. Could be a
Magnavox or Sony or one of many other brands just stuck into a new case
with a different cable.
#> James C. Hrubik Sr. wrote:
#> >
#> > RGB output on CoCo is:
#> >
#> snip
#> > 10 = -5V * just noticed this goes to a PIA address pin on the 68B21;
#> > ???whatzit do??? I realize you don’t need to connect it to anything
#> > to make the monitor work, but what’s its significance?
#> >
#> > —Jim
#> >
#>
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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 09:57:28 -0600
Reply-To: rogerp [at] INTERNOGO [dot] COM
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From: Rogelio Perea
Organization: Deja News – The Leader in Internet Discussion
Subject: Re: RGB pinout on a CoCo3?
In article, wrote:
Carl Boll – System Operator
> Uh, no it wouldn’t according to the Tandy Service manual for the CM-8.
> According to the manual that line isn’t connected to anything inside the
> CM-8 so there is no way the CoCo could detect the Tandy monitor. This
> is likely the reason that the ROM code was never implemented. Tandy
> probably saved $.05 per monitor to not have the line implemented. This
> would be just about right. Of course there is always the possibility
> that the CM-8 is a repackaged of the shelf monitor too. Could be a
> Magnavox or Sony or one of many other brands just stuck into a new case
> with a different cable.
That line on the CoCo 3 RGB connector goes directly to a PIA so when a RGB
monitor was connected there the plug should ground PIN 10, the CPU would
fectet thru the PIA the presence of the RGB monitor and thus setup the color
scheme to RGB.
This, as stated on other messages, was not implemented in the ROM code that
finally ended up in the CoCo 3. I have, somewhere shuffled in my CoCo papers
and notes, a small Basic program that sets up the CoCo to allow detection of a
rgound short at PIN 10 of the RGB connector and issues a RGB command upon
hooking up a properly setup RGB plug.
-=-=-=-
Rogelio
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