[comp.sys.cbm] Monitor question

rusbara2@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan) (11/10/90)

In article <13062@chaph.usc.edu> aliu@aludra.usc.edu (Alex C. Liu) writes:
>    Commodore 1084.......................................$180
>            - RGB Color Monitor (Never Used) Works with
>              ANY Commodore computer as well as PCs with
>              CGA or EGA graphic cards.

I have a simple (I think) question:

I have an old CGA monitor that I'm no longer using (having upgraded
to VGA), and I was wondering if I could use it with my old 64 (which
is currently broken, but I'll soon be getting it fixed and/or replaced).
Is it possible?  If so, is it easy?  

Thanks for your help..

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root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh) (11/11/90)

Bob Rusbasan (rusbara2@sage.cc.purdue.edu ) wrote: 

 >I have an old CGA monitor that I'm no longer using (having 
 >upgraded
 >to VGA), and I was wondering if I could use it with my old 
 >64 (which
 >is currently broken, but I'll soon be getting it fixed 
 >and/or replaced).
 >Is it possible?  If so, is it easy?  

   Anything is possible, but using an RGB monitor with a C64 isn't easy.
 


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treesh@vangogh.helios.nd.edu (11/12/90)

I dont know of any way at all to use a CGA monitor on a C64, however it would 
make a very nice 80 col monitor for your C128 computer (if you have one).

ctfm