Re: What is with these silly monitors

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney) wrote:

>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
>>Hi, they do use standard video signals.
>>
>>I used one as a TV set for a time in the United States.  If
>>you are indeed giving it an NTSC signal and it doesn't
>>work, then you have a busted monitor.
>
>From my understanding, the Apple II series didn't use a standard NTSC
>signal.  The signal was slightly lower than standard NTSC.  I'm not
>sure why they did this.

The Apple II does indeed output an off-the-mark NTSC
signal, but the AppleColor Composite Monitor will
accept a standard NTSC signal and display that as
well.

>Back when I first got into Apple IIs, when I was using my colour
>monitor with my IIe, I would hook my VCR up to my green screen (Apple
>Monitor II).  Sometimes the image on the green screen would go nuts
>because the VCR was overdriving the input on the green screen.

I did that too.  ;-)

I also have a green Monitor II, currently on my backup
IIGS.  It used to work perfectly with my VCR.  Now
it is acting up.  The contrast switch is extremely
sensitive, even from the IIGS' composite output.  If
I nudge it a little too high contrast, the screen washes
out with green.