Re: What apple does the applecolor RGB Monitor go to?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

mfumu@alphalink.com.au (Bill Robbins) wrote:

>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
>>The IIGS monitor is the AppleColor RGB.
>>
>>The AppleColor RGB has a trinitron tube.  Great picture.
>
>That's the myth I long believed. However both the tubes in both my
>AppleColor RGB monitors have a label clearly stating that they are from
>Mitsubishi.  Trinitron is very much a Sony product.  Would be interesting
>but not essential or even particularly useful if someone could
>diffinitively clear this up.

The early (from 1986 up) AppleColor RGB units are trinitron.
You can spot these because they are incredibly black so
contrast and color are incredibly good.  Somewhat later,
the AppleColor RGB monitor switched tubes.  You can tell
the later units because the screens are grayer rather than
black.