Re: IIc and RGB Monitors

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Mitchell Spector writes ...
> 
> In article rubywand@swbell.net writes...
> ....
> >
> >     Although the cable fits, the GS RGB monitor is not at all
> >compatible with the IIc. (I once tried the same swap-- pretty
> >disconcerting! However, both the GS monitor-- connected to a GS-- and
> >the IIc+ still work fine.)
> 
>     The last part of your sentence isn't clear, though if I understand
> it correctly, your stating the AppleColor RGB (GS monitor) is compatible
> with both the Apple IIgs and Apple IIc Plus. If that is what you meant,
> then that statement is false. ....

     Yes; perhaps the ending of the statement is unclear. What it tries
to say is that, despite being plugged into the IIc+, GS monitor later
worked fine once plugged into the GS. Also, despite having the GS
monitor plugged in, the IIc+ later worked fine once a standard composite
video monitor was plugged into it. That is, neither the GS monitor nor
the IIc+ seems to have been damaged. 


     Still, there is a kind of correction in order for the standard
observation that the IIgs monitor is not at all compatible with the IIc.
This claim implies that IIc users (like James) can 'forget it' when it
comes to using GS monitors with a IIc; but, this appears to be
incorrect.

     The following info was emailed to me:


From: T. C.

I use a IIc with a GS RGB monitor constantly through a Video 7 cable
and it works fine.  The 80 column text is crystal clear plus you can
make
it 4 different colors by flipping switches on the Video 7. ....

You can buy the Video 7 at Alltech. The Video 7 demos (from a demo disk)
include subscript and superscript which are so clear, you'd swear they
were VGA.  Since the IIc is a difgital setup the full 16 colors are nice
through a digital monitor 
but the GS monitor still shows 8 although 2 colors are reversed.


     So; it looks like James may have a way to use his GS monitors with
his IIc's after all.

      
Rubywand