Re: PPC to A][ to TV

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schneegurt.1@nd.edu (Mark) wrote:

>This is probably a dumb question and I am not particularly familiar with
>the Apple ][s.  I know that A][s can use a regular TV as a monitor. My PPC
>cannot do that unless I have a special converter or board, something like
>a Snappy. Can an A][ be used as a converter? I imagine that there is some
>problem with ports and such, but can these be overcome? Please be kind in
>your answers and realize that I am not very familiar with all the ins and
>outs (pun intended) of an A][.

No joy...sorry...

The closest thing would be an Apple IIGS equipped with a Video Overlay
Card (VOC).  The VOC is a genlock device and can overlay two video
signals.  It also has direct TV-RGB inputs.  Sadly, no PPC outputs this
type of RGB directly (the signal is right, but the frequency is too high).

If your Mac was a Mac II series with the old Nubus first generation video
card, then it would have the option of outputting TV-RGB...which could
theoretically get this old Mac's output onto a TV through an Apple IIGS
with a Video Overlay Card...just FYI...