[comp.sys.cbm] Amber Monitor

Rob.Dale@samba.acs.unc.edu (Rob Dale) (11/03/90)

I got an amber monitor a few weeks ago for my C128 and the screen didn't
take up the full size (I had a condensed screen if that explains it
better.)  I returned it and the guy told me that the Hz were different for
IBM and Commodore and that's why it didn't work.

Could someone recommend me to a good amber monitor (<$100)?

Rob Dale --- Purdue University
Rob.Dale@samba.acs.unc.edu

bwildasi@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin) (11/03/90)

In article <1515@beguine.UUCP> Rob.Dale@samba.acs.unc.edu (Rob Dale) writes:
>Could someone recommend me to a good amber monitor (<$100)?

An IBM-compatible monitor which works quite nicely with the 128 is the
Magnavox Computer Monitor 80. It's available in green (yuck) or amber.
It is extremely bright, legible, and high-contrast in both 40 and 80
columns. Caveat: to use it properly in 80 columns, you need an 80-column
cable, available from most CBM deaers for a worthwile $25. (The monitor
itsef goes for about $75.) I've been using one for a year on my 128D
without any difficulties. When I booted up GEOS and could make out the
individual pixels in the background pattern, I realized what I had
been missing with my old color monitor :)

Hope this helps.