Re: Apple IIc+ video output options

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

"Slor" <semaj@rols.ten> wrote in message 
news:Xns985796BFE3C66emuslor@216.196.97.136...
> Without actually owning an Apple monitor, can anyone suggest the best
> alternative for hooking up the IIc+ video to a modern monitor?  The 
> machine
> has a composite video output that I tried hooking up to a composite
> monitor.  Unfortunately, the hi-res text mode looks horrible there.  I 
> tend
> to upscale all of my old computers and game consoles to a VGA monitor, and
> I wondered if there's any approach that would get me there with a good
> picture on the IIc+.  For instance, is there a conversion similar to the
> Mac VGA adapters that work with the old Apples?  Is the composite output
> expected to be crappy in a hi-res text mode, or do I perhaps just need a
> better composite monitor for it?
>
> Thanks for any pointers to info that you can send my way.  I'll still
> getting up to speed on the A2 stuff, so please bear with me. :)

James,

    I would suggest digital TV.  It works perfect in 40 column and HiRes, 
but 80 column looks better than analog TV.  I do not recommend to covert 
composition video to VGA.  You may find composition video monitor from Apple 
//e and Apple //c that it will work fine on Apple //c+.

Bryan Parkoff