Re: LCD displays and the Second Sight card

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

Obsbedia2 wrote:

> << Has anyone used an LCD display with the Second Sight card?
> Were there any problems with it? >>
>
> Until the IIgs was stolen about three years ago, Orange Apple Computer Club
> used a ROM3 IIgs with an accelerator card and Second Sight card to use with a
> color LCD display placed over an overhead projector.  There was some vertical
> wavy lines on the IIGS desktop usually, but they could be ignored.  AppleWorks,
> AppleWorks GS, communication software and most IIgs games and painting programs
> worked fine.  Wolfenstein 3D had a blocky appearance because the LCD panel
> could not keep up with the screen refreshing, but that was the only program
> that I remember ever giving it a problem.
>
>         After the theft, I loaned the club my LCD overhead panel and color adapter.
> With that setup on a stock IIgs or IIc, we had 8 shades of grayscale and black
> and white text for AppleWorks.
>
>         Don't just lock up your computer.  HIDE IT!  Those Second Sight cards are hard
> to come by.

Thanks for the info, Jay. Now to locate an LCD display for it

    Wayne