Re: Would appreciate some advice

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <57qcgi$qq3@news3.snfc21.pacbell.net>, steve@pacificnet.net
(Steven W. Mentzer) wrote:

> >        Our son has a IIe ... Is there a color monitor for this computer
> >which will provide 80 column text as clear and as sharp as his present
> >monitor?  If so, where may they be found and what is a reasonable
> >price?
> 
> Yes, try locating a good apple RGB monitor. You will never get 80 column text 
> as "perfect" as a monocrome monitor, but an RGB monitor usually does pretty 
> good (especially the apple models).

It should be added that to use an RGB monitor on an Apple IIe, you will
have to have a special video card to drive the monitor

> Stay away from color-composite monitors. They blur the text horribly...

True. Any color monitor for the IIe that does not require a video card is
a color-composite monitor (otherwise known as a TV set without a tuner).

-Sheldon

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