Re: Apple built monitors for //e?

[ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Perry!

In article <pdueck-0510960408430001@dial8.pli.mb.ca>, pdueck@pli.mb.ca
(Perry Dueck) wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I have read many of the FAQs, documents, etc. available on the Apple II
> series, but I could not find anything relating to monitors that were
> specifically built by Apple for the II series (specifically the //e). So I
> apologize if this is a dumb question to ask, but here goes....
> 
> Did Apple ever built monitors (composite, rgb, etc.) specifically for use
> with the II series, specifically the //e ? If so, what type of video card
> would be needed. And what model numbers would the monitors be?

        No, but they had some built for them by Samsung, Hitachi, Sony
(oops! not Apple ][ Family!), and others.  The composites ran with just a
straight video cable, no card needed.  The RGBColor 100 required an RGB
board (actually designed and produced by Video 7 for Apple.).

        Model numbers?  Darn, you WOULD ask suchlike, wouldn't you? <B-) 
Unfortunately, that's not readily available (one of these days, I'll find
a GOOD ORAMDisk Directory Rebuild utility - then I'll NEVER forget
ANYTHING!)

> 
> Also, I was wondering if anybody here would know if my Commodore 1702
> Video Monitor would work well with the composite video output on the back
> of a //e? (the monitor has color composite input on the front, seperate
> chroma/luma inputs on the back - all RCA type connectors)

        It'll work OK.  There will most likely be some "sparkling",
especially at 80 column text.

> 
> I seem to recall reading something about not all color composite monitors
> working well with the II series because the computers used a slightly
> different standard composite output than what most composite monitors
> expected, and thus a person would end up only getting a black & white
> output, even on a color monitor????

        Only true if a ][ or ][+ were misadjusted for colorburst, OR if
the monitor was rather too fussy (the //e signal WAS within NTSC
guidelines for the colorburst signal, but not all monitors would TAKE that
signal ...

> 
> Any help and replies would be appreciated.
> 
> pdueck@pli.mb.ca

        Plug it in and look at it - that's the BEST way to tell if it's
working! <B-)

        RwP

-- 
Ralph Wade Phillips, CET #LA-82
ralphp@gcstation.net