Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

[Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > >   A friend tested this unit.  It crapped out on 16mhz video
> > > (640x200).  Maybe you'll have better luck.
> >
> > So is the GS Finder desktop 640x200?  I nearly broke out in a cold
> > sweat when I read this and I had to find the GSOS disk.  Well, I'm
> > still happy to report that it's working for me.  I've updated the
> > picasa album with 3 more pictures from the Finder desktop.  I also
> > found a disk labeled Slide.3200.Vol#3, and ShowAll 3200 SmallPic,
> > which I vaguely recall as the palette switching 3200 color pics.  They
> > also displayed via the Ambery on the Acer 24" LCD.
> >
> > I'll be happy to take more pictures this weekend, with better lighting
> > and steadier hands:
> >
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/sporadically/GSOnAcer24LCDWithAmbery#
>
> All the vertical stripes are the problem with 16MHz.  Ideally it would
> be a non-distracting solid light blue (produced by a 16MHz dither
> between dark blue and white [8MHz fundamental]).

Yes, the Highway 100 does a far better job on the desktop background. 
Unfortunately it's also the high-priced spread :-).