Re: Commodore 1960 monitor work with IIgs?

["Chris Alaimo" <cpalaimo@gmail.com>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Chris Alaimo wrote:
> > I was using an Apple RGB monitor with my IIgs, but then one day out of
> > curiosity I plugged  my 1702 Commodore monitor in to the composite jack
> > and the picture was WAAAAAY better.  So the Apple RGB monitor is on the
> > trade pile.  The 1702 is nice to have because you can use it with any
> > composite signal, so I use mine for my IIgs, my Atari VCS, and I even
> > bought the chroma/luma cables for use with my C64.
>
> But there's no way that the composite signal will support color and
> 80-column text.  The 1702 doesn't switch bandwidth for monochrome
> (no burst) signals like the Applecolor Composite monitor.
>
> And color transitions will be much lower bandwidth than any RGB
> interface will support.
>
> Games intended for composite color display will look great, but
> a hi-res color display, like the GSOS desktop, will look much
> worse.
>
> -michael
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If I ever get GS/OS, I will have to check that out.  This far I have
not seen anything that I don't like video-quality wise.  The Commodore
screen is brighter and more colorful, so it would take a lot to get me
to throw the RGB monitor back on there.

Chris