Re: RGB monitor on a IIc+

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:

>    As to which one is sharper, that would depend on the quality
>of picture tube and dot-pitch. In general, the AppleColor RGB is
>much sharper and clearer than most of the old CGA/EGA monitors
>I've seen over the years. I may be mistaken, but I don't believe
>analog RGB has any image advantage over digital RGB (color aside).

There are two different versions of the Video 7 RGB interface for
the IIc and IIc Plus.  The digital one connects to CGA monitors
and the analog one normally connects to an AppleColor RGB
monitor (the IIGS monitor).  The advantage of the analog version
is that the colors look more correct.  When you look at the digital
version, the colors don't look like what they are supposed to look
like for games like Airheart...everything is too bold and intense.
The analog version uses the unlimited color selection of analog
RGB to "pick" the correct 16 colors...the output LOOKS more like
the composite output, except sharp enough to display 80 columns
and no color bleed.