Re: IIe Analog RGB - rare, unpopular, both?

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

I have not tried the Apple 80col/RGB card wired to a CGA monitor
(don't even know if that's possible).  But the Taxan card I had did
not have the same color issues.

http://picasaweb.google.com/simplepractices/FSAppleIIe  (pictures side
by side with a monochrome monitor)
http://picasaweb.google.com/simplepractices/RunningSoftware  (see the
ones that use the Taxan RGB monitor)

I remember taking a picture of the "II Write" program running on an
Apple IIe with both an Apple Color Composite monitor and the Taxan
monitor.  Also tried running it on the IIgs with a regular Apple IIgs
monitor (it was not a GS/OS application and probably does not know of
the IIgs' better graphics capabilities).  For some reason, the display
on the Color Composite monitor and the Apple IIgs monitor looked the
same - perhaps because of the resolution the program was using.  But
the graphics was real sharp on the Taxan monitor.

Unfortunately, those images are currently on a hard disk that crashed
and I couldn't post them online.

/Peter


On Jan 28, 1:32 pm, macdog <bigdog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > pitz wrote:
> > > Included with what I sold is a Taxan RGB card.  There's not a lot of
> > > information I could find, but from what I gather, it is one of the few
> > > analog RGB cards for the Apple IIe.  There was a mention of Applied
> > > Engineering having two different ColorLink daughterboards (one analog
> > > RGB and one digital RGB) for their RamWorks card.
>
> <snip>
>
> I have used the Applied Engineering card with the analog and also
> digital output.
>
> I can tell you that i am not happy with the analog output.  When
> playing games, blue shows up as a pinkish-purple.  Example:  When
> playing Kampfgruppe by SSI, the rivers are pink-purple.  When playing
> the same game on a IIgs with the same analog rgb monitor, the correct
> colors display.
>
> When playing Dark Heart of Ukrul, the GS displays the correct colors,
> and the AE analog RGB output displays the wrong colors, both using the
> same monitor.
>
> I am assuming that this must carry over to most programs.
>
> I cannot remember if the digital output is different or not.....
>
> Jamie