CGA monitor on a Laser 128

[jruschme@hiway1.exit109.com (John Ruschmeyer)]

In article <5i3a7l$40s$1@news3.alpha.net>,
bheinz  <bheinz@hawk.phantasy.com> wrote:
>John Ruschmeyer <jruschme@hiway1.exit109.com> wrote:
><snip>
>: Taking a page from the recent Laser 128 discussions, I've also pulled
>: mine out of storage and set it up. Personally, I've decided to go the
>: color monitor route by using an old IBM CGA monitor and a Laser 128 RGB
>: cable. I won't get a chance to try it until this weekend, but I suspect
>: it should work very well.
>
>I'm not sure that a CGA monitor will work with the Laser, depending on the
>refresh rate of the monitor (it needs to be 15Mhz, not the modern standard
>30, but and old CGA MAY support this.)

Well, I finally got to try it this weekend and it seems to work. 40-col
mode looks great. I am getting some "tearing" of characters in 80-col mode,
though. Perhaps it is my monitor, but I am getting results more like
what I would expect from a color composite monitor.

If I can find another one, I may try a differnt monitor to see if it
makes a difference.

I'm not sure I should be surprised, though. As I recall, CGA is little more
than a color TV without *any* of the composite or demodulation cirtuitry.

<<<John>>>