joe@gistdev.UUCP (Joe Brownlee) (11/13/89)
I have a (possibly ignorant) question concerning the Super Mac ColorCard I have
in my IIcx. Let me first state that I am not very knowledgable about video
standards, monitors, cabling, and such.
I would like to take my IIcx on a trip with me, but there will be no standard
computer monitor where I am going, and I would like to avoid having to take my
monitor along. According to the manual that came with the ColorCard, it can
drive non-Apple monitors with the addition of an oscillator to a slot on the
card. What I would like to be able to do is hook the Mac to a color TV, even
though I expect the picture to be pretty bad.
According to the documentation, it is possible to add "the appropriate
oscillator and an NTSC encoder". The manual goes on to say that the result
is not brodcast quality, but I can live with that. It also says that presently
no thrid party is set up to sell the package above.
What I would like to know is:
. Is what I want to do possible?
. Can I do it for a reasonable (meaning small) price?
. If I can do this, what do I need to buy?
If anyone has tried this, I would really like to hear from you. I have had
nothing but good experience with the Super Mac 8-bit card so far. I bought it
in part for its flexibility, so I hope that it will pay-off now.
Respond by e-mail, unless you think others in the group are interested. Thanks
in advance everyone!
~~~~~~~~~~ Joe Brownlee, Global Information Systems Technology, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~
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