fchan@watvlsi.waterloo.edu (Francis Chan) (11/29/88)
Hi: I have been using a monochrome monitor for some time now. I would like to get a Color monitor. What I'd like to know is if there are other brands of monitors that are compatible to the //e (other than Apple). I've been getting conflicting advice. Some say that any color composite monitor will do the job while others indicate that only the Apple one will work with the //e. Anyone know the correct answer? Thanks in advance. Francis Chan
joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) (12/01/88)
About your conflicting advice on color monitors: Both sides are right, sort of... Any NTSC composite color monitor will attach easily to the Apple //e and give you great color. What most cannnot do is display a clear 80 column text screen. If you word process in 80 columns or use a terminal emulator or otherwise use the 80 column text screen a lot, most composite color monitors will not suffice. The Apple mornitor is a special relatively high resolution hybrid monitor that does a good job at both 80 column text and color. Your choices are: 1: B+W monitor for text plus TV and RF mod for color 2: B+W Monitor for text plus composite color monitor 3: Apple's Color composite monitor for both 4: An Apple //e RGB board and an RGB monitor. They go from lowest quality/cost to highest, with #3 being the most common solution. Seymour
archer@hsi.UUCP (Garry Archer) (12/01/88)
In article <Nov.30.16.44.19.1988.758@elbereth.rutgers.edu>, joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) writes: > The Apple mornitor is a special relatively high resolution hybrid > monitor that does a good job at both 80 column text and color. > > Your choices are: > > 1: B+W monitor for text plus TV and RF mod for color > 2: B+W Monitor for text plus composite color monitor > 3: Apple's Color composite monitor for both > 4: An Apple //e RGB board and an RGB monitor. > > They go from lowest quality/cost to highest, with #3 being the most > common solution. For what it's worth: Since 1984 when I purchased my Apple IIc and the Apple Monitor IIc (monochrome) I have been wanting to buy a good quality RGB monitor. However, as a family man and home owner, justifying the $600+ was never easy and I resisted the temptation all of these years. This year, I decided to do something about getting a colour monitor. I couldn't afford an RGB set-up, but I kept reading how good Apple's Colour Composite monitors were, i.e. the latest technology gave them good enough resolution to allow good colour composition but also be sharp enough for text processing. So off I went to my local Apple dealer with a couple of my own games to test on such a monitor. I was pleasantly surprised. Apple's RGB hooked up to a IIgs was $599 (a typical price for the average quality RGB I suppose) and the Colour Composite hooked up to a Apple IIc+ was listed as $399. The sales lady, seeing my indecision said she could let me have it for $379 (wow, big deal, huh?). In the end, although $379 was more than I expected to pay, I plunked it down on my Apple Credit Card (OK, so I pay interest on it too...) I have to say that the Colour Composite is more than adequate for my needs. In fact, because its a bigger screen (12" I think) than my 9" Monitor IIc, text processing, even in 80 column mode, is better! So here ends the tale of a happy customer. Hope this helps. I'm not associated with Apple Computer, Inc. and therefore all standard disclaimers apply. -- Garry Archer Esq. {noao, yale, uunet}!hsi!archer Health Systems International New Haven, CT 06511 U.S.A.