Re: IIc and RGB Monitors

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article rubywand@swbell.net writes...

>James Snider writes ...
>>....
>> So, here's the problem.
>> 
>> I ran out of old monitors for my IIc's. Are they compatible with the
>> Apple RGB Monitor that shipped with the IIGS, I've got lots of those.
>> Does it require a different cable? The GS cable fits but the IIc locks
>> up.
> 
>     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.

    The Apple IIc Plus has an identcial 'video expansion port' as the
original IIc, and therefore does not support any video device directly 
(exception: the rare LCD screen) unless you plug in an adapter box.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca