Re: Apple II Digital RGB Card & Sony PVM-14M4U NTSC/PAL Monitor - Works!

[MdntTrain <js@cimmeri.com>]

On Jun 10, 12:46 am, "atfphotogra...@gmail.com"
<atfphotogra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> So I've been fighting away on my IIe to get GEOS to work with an RGB
> card. It hates the Taxan/Video 7 cards and I haven't been able to try
> an actual Apple II Digital RGB card because I lacked a monitor.
>
> I then realized I have film production monitors sitting on my shelf
> that take every sort of connection you can imagine. This particular
> monitor is not a new HD model but standard NTSC/PAL 4:3, 16:9, etc. A
> Sony PVM-14M4U monitor with BNC & svideo ports.
>
> I found a Apple RGB monitor cable that is the standard Apple RGB
> connector with four bnc connectors on the other side. When I ran the
> cable from the Apple Digital RGB card to the monitor and switched it
> on, whammo! Rock solid image. GEOS works great with the Apple II
> digital RGB card but not with the Taxan/Video-7 cards.
>
> On the Apple card it appears as perfect text in double hi-res mode
> (guessing) while the Taxan makes it look like it's in some sort of low
> resolution color block mode and you can't ready anything.
>
> I'm just happy I can use the Apple Digital RGB card now with the Sony
> PVM-14M4U. Sweet!
>
> You can find those monitors on ebay but they aren't cheap as they are
> still in common use for post-production work.
>
> They are also heavy.
>
> Best!
>
> ATF

Would you describe how this works, connecting the digital card
directly to the analog BNC inputs?   Or how you connected it?   Isn't
the RGB card putting out R-G-B-I, and the Sony BNCs would be R-G-B-
Sync?

Thanks,
 jS