Re: Commodore 1960 monitor work with IIgs?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Chris Alaimo wrote:
> 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.

For games, composite often provides a better rendition of the authors'
intent.  But for program development, or anything requiring 80-column
text display, RGB is generally a much superior color display.

If a monochrome display is desired, then composite video can deliver
very sharp characters.  Or, uniquely, the Applecolor Composite monitor
can display both vivid composite color and relatively sharp monochrome
text by switching its video bandwidth depending on the presence or
absence of the color burst.

-michael

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