DCS4@psuvm.psu.edu (Dave Shaffer) (01/20/91)
I have an Apple IIe with a monochrome monitor. I was thinking of using a color TV as an alternate monitor for applications that would be appropriate for a color screen. The manual says I would need a radio-frequency (RF) modulator "which you can purchase from your Apple dealer." What exactly does such a device do, what do they cost, and what alternate sources are there? Are there pros and cons in using one? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! ================================================================ = DCS4@PSUVM or DCS4@PSUADMIN Voice at (814) 375-4775 = = Penn State DuBois Campus College Place DuBois, PA 15801 = ================================================================
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (01/20/91)
In article <91019.213632DCS4@psuvm.psu.edu> DCS4@psuvm.psu.edu (Dave Shaffer) writes: >I have an Apple IIe with a monochrome monitor. I was thinking of >using a color TV as an alternate monitor for applications that >would be appropriate for a color screen. The manual says I would >need a radio-frequency (RF) modulator "which you can purchase >from your Apple dealer." What exactly does such a device do, what >do they cost, and what alternate sources are there? Are there pros >and cons in using one? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! For one thing, it won't look very good on a color TV. I used to do it, but you couldn't read text very well.. For games, it's worth buying a cable, I guess.. An RF modulator just converts the frequency of your output signal to channel 2 or 3, I believe... It's just a little box gizmo that you can get at Radio Shaft... But you probably ALREADY have one, if you have an Atari 2600 or any other kind of videogame. It probably won't cost more than $5-$10 at most. -- /Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ \WRITE TO ORIGIN ABOUT ULTIMA VI //e and IIGS! Mail me for addresses, & info. /
SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU (01/20/91)
On Saturday January 19, Dave Shaffer asks > I have an Apple IIe with a monochrome monitor. I was thinking of > using a color TV as an alternate monitor for applications that > would be appropriate for a color screen. The manual says I would > need a radio-frequency (RF) modulator "which you can purchase > from your Apple dealer." What exactly does such a device do, what > do they cost, and what alternate sources are there? Are there pros > and cons in using one? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! As in an earlier message, you can get them from any apple dealer or Radio Shack "America's favorite store for junk shopping." But if your television has a video line in jack, all you have to buy is an RCA cable and connect the video out in the IIe to the video in on the TV. I hooked in my IIGS through my 20' television this way. It didn't look too bad either!!! {Although the white pilliars in the Chicago mansion looked like Disco lights!} Even a couple of the 3200 color pics came out with repectable quality. {But this was a good television too...} However, all in all, while this does provide a cheaper color monitor for your IIe, in the end, you get what you pay for - a cheap color monitor.
tomk@pro-grouch.cts.com (Tom Kelly) (01/21/91)
In-Reply-To: message from DCS4@psuvm.psu.edu A RF modulator allows you to connect your computer to a Color TV it usually outputs on channel 3 or 4. It plugs into the motherboard and them a cable goes to a switch box on the like those used to play video game on a TV (remember PONG?) A simpler way is to connect the video output from computer to a VCR and watch the display on the TV. UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!tomk ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!tomk@nosc.mil