Re: Using cga monitor on IIGs

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <4gsdd9$h9b@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
Jonathan E. Isom <jisom@prairienet.org> wrote:
> I was wondering if it would be possible to connect a cga monitor to the 
> GS.

Not easy.  CGA is 640x200 resolution at best, with a fixed set of
sixteen colours.  A physically larger monitor with bigger pixels might
be useful.

CGA is digital RGB.  You would need an adaptor circuit to connect the
monitor: something which decodes the analog RGB signals output by the
IIgs and regenerates the closest matching digital RGB colour.  I am
assuming the control signals (sync pulses, etc.) would be compatible.
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David Empson
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