aer@alice.UucP (y) (10/05/85)
In followup to questions asked about Amiga RGB/ Apple RGB monitor and interfaces... The most widely used Apple // interface appears to be a card with an Apple /// compatible cable at the end. This is supplied with the Ramworks card, the Taxan card, and the Video-7 card (the latter of which I own.) Amiga uses a different kind of RGB plug than anything else around that is common, but the signals are standard analog RGB. On my video 7, the signals are standard digital X-RGB, though the Taxan RGBvision III monitor is switch-selectable between all three main types of RGB input. Tangent: Apple just introduced the Color Monitor //e and //c, 13 inch composite monitors that display 80 column in a black and white mode. RGB on an Apple // with anything up to standard 128K mode double high resolution graphics is just plain old overkill. An RGB monitor emphasizes the faults of Apple graphics- like a vertical white line will actually be made up of two green/purple or blue/red lines juxtaposed. A composite monitor is foggy enough to make such a line seem white. In 16 color double-hi-res graphics, text defined for a monochrome monitor shows up pretty yucky- although it is smoothed out enough on a composite monitor as to be legible. In my opinion, you ought to get a monitor that works best with your Amiga, THEN worry about having it work with an Apple //. The Apple // is flexible enough to hook up to most anything you want anyway. D. Rosenberg ________________________________________________________________________ uucp: ..!ihnp4!aer!alice Dan on Murray Hill @ ATT/BTL "These Are My Opinions." ------------------------------------------------------------------------