wilmott@zeppelin.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) (09/03/90)
------- Just been reading the latest postings about getting 80 columns on the Atari 8-bit. Some recommend using one of the PD/Shareware term programs out there, others recommend using an XEP80. In either case, I have but one question : where can you purchase composite monochrome monitors anymore? The only monitors I can find in stores these days are types for use with IBM clones. Over the years, I've gotten several software-driven 80 column term programs. Never used them much because by and large the BBS' that I called were run on Atari's and were in 40 columns. Now most of those boards have fallen by the wayside so I must either give up BBS-ing on my 800xl (unthinkable), or find a way to display 80 columns. On a 20" color TV that ain't advised. So I need to find a good 'ole monochrome monitor to save me. Anybody know of any mail-order places that still carry such things??? -Ray
rfc@briar.Philips.Com (Robert Casey) (09/05/90)
In article <Sep.2.23.25.37.1990.2598@zeppelin.rutgers.edu> wilmott@zeppelin.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) writes: > I have but one question : where can you purchase composite >monochrome monitors anymore? > You might try places that supply closed circuit security television systems. Be sure to ask for a *baseband video monitor if you want to use the baseband video from the computer, not a monitor that receives a signal on a TV channel. Or, if the only thing available is the TV channel kind, maybe you can use the RF modulator output from the Atari to drive it. See if you can try out the computer on the monitor before you buy.