Re: Will Second Sight work w/PC Transporter?

[gtolar@blkbox.com (Glynne Tolar)]

Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
: In article gtolar@blkbox.com (Glynne Tolar) writes...
: >
: >JP1 (jp1@aol.com) wrote:
: >: The PCT has its own RGB video out--why not just use it as an input to
: >: one's VGA or SVGA monitor?  (Might need an A/B switch.)
: > 
: >Because CGA signals do not match VGA.  Also the sync rate is different.  
: >So you'll need a monitor to work with it.  There, 2 good reasons why 
: >not.  It can be done but it is not easy!

: 	Your forgetting the IIgs's stock SHR video modes (320/640x200)
: cannot sync with a VGA/SVGA monitor either. This is why they're emulated
: and then shadowed (in 640x400) using the Second Sight card. It should be
: possible to do the same with PCT CGA modes, although I see little or no
: point. Why? The only reason I'd want PCT video is for it's true color 
: ANSI text, but the Second Sight's OAK chipset already offers this.

Err, one good reason would be to be able to use the PCT w/o the need for 
two monitors for crying out loud!

Emulating it would be hard as the PCT video IS NOT on the Apple II bus 
where the Second Sight relies.  Modifying the PCT software could be done 
but the refresh rate of video would be SLOW!