ahr@burdvax.UUCP (Allan Rabenau) (07/28/86)
1. My son is about to purchase a 128 and 1571 disk. He is unsure regarding what type of monitor (RGB or Composite) to buy. Can anyone give us some guidance? Also, does anyone have any brand recommendations or caveats? 2. We have a C64, with a Gorilla Banana printer :-) , its works well (rather noisy), but when using Micorsoft Multiplan, I cannot get the alphas to print other than lower case. Does anyone have a similar configuration who can offer help? Any other suggestions? Thanks a lot.
porter@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Jeff Porter) (07/31/86)
> 1. My son is about to purchase a 128 and 1571 disk. He is unsure regarding > what type of monitor (RGB or Composite) to buy. Can anyone give us some > guidance? Also, does anyone have any brand recommendations or caveats? > If you want to get 80 columns out of your 128, you are going to have to buy an RGBI monitor (Commodore 1902 or equivalent). If you only care about monochrome 80 columns, you might try hooking up a monochrome composite monitor to pin 7 of the RGBI connector. Pins 1 and 2 are ground. Jeff Porter Commodore Engineering
grwalter@watmath.UUCP (Fred Walter) (08/01/86)
In article <559@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> porter@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Jeff Porter) writes: >If you want to get 80 columns out of your 128, you are going to have >to buy an RGBI monitor (Commodore 1902 or equivalent). > >If you only care about monochrome 80 columns, you might try hooking >up a monochrome composite monitor to pin 7 of the RGBI connector. >Pins 1 and 2 are ground. > >Jeff Porter >Commodore Engineering You can get 80 columns (monochrome but with a grey scale) out of a color composite monitor (such as a 1702) by connecting your C128 to the jack on the front of the monitor that is used for the video signal. (You would use pin 7 and a ground pin from the RGBI connector for this). Mind you, it definitely is not as good as a real RGB or monochrome composite monitor, but it is usable, and if one already has a 1702 (or equivalent) one could see if the 80 columns were acceptable and decide for themselves if the 500+ for a real RBG is worth it. fred
ugbowen@sunybcs.UUCP (Devon Bowen) (08/10/86)
In article <2588@burdvax.UUCP>, ahr@burdvax.UUCP (Allan Rabenau) writes: > 1. My son is about to purchase a 128 and 1571 disk. He is unsure regarding > what type of monitor (RGB or Composite) to buy. Can anyone give us some > guidance? Also, does anyone have any brand recommendations or caveats? RGB is really expensive. I guess the 1902 is running at about $320 now. I bought a mono-chrome monitor and a color composite. Now I can use the color for the composite signal (or a TV signal - I've got it doubling as a color TV for my room) and the mono-chrome for 80 column work. So far, it's working out great. You can get a mono-chrome for about $80 and a color composite for about $150. That's only $230 total and you've always got a backup monitor!!! I think it beats the 1902 any day. Oh, yeah, you can also use them simultaneously so you can watch graphics on the color and type the commands on the mono-chrome. Devon Bowen University of Buffalo