Re: PC TV-Out to Apple II monitor

[The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>]

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:25:43 +0000, Scott Alfter wrote:

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> In article <pan.2006.03.05.20.32.10.250563@emeraldcity.gov>,
> The Wizard of Oz  <wizard@emeraldcity.gov> wrote:
>>On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:36:38 -0800, grimholtz@mailinator.com wrote:
>>> Like most modern PCs, mine has an S-Video TV-OUT video output. I
>>> enabled it in the BIOS, connected an S-Video to RCA Video converter,
>>> and plugged the RCA cable into my Apple II monitor. Nothing; no image.
>>> I know the monitor works well because I use it with my Apple II.
>>
>>	Funny you should mention that...
>>
>>	My PC runs Linux. I have an ATI 7000. Also has S-Video out. I'm not
>>able to drive a colour composite monitor or a green composite monitor.
>>However (this is the cool part) I can plug it into a VCR. From there I can
>>plug the VCR into a composite monitor and it works.
> 
> The Radeon 7000 in my beige G3 has a composite output on it (don't recall
> offhand if it also does S-video or if it's just composite).  Just for sh*ts
> and grins, I plugged my IIe's green-screen into it.
> 
> I should've taken a picture.  Mac OS X booting up through a Monitor II is
> just sick. :-) It was surprisingly legible, though.
> 
	I also have a beige G3. I installed XPostfacto on it hoping to update the
OS to something greater than 10.2. As the web page said it didn't like the
internal video. So I threw in an old PC ATI Rage II card. No video there
either. I'm starting to have some free blocks of time coming up so I can
do a bit of work on the G3 and try duplicating what you've done (except my
card is older). After talking with a number of people I found out I should
have installed the video drivers (if they can be found) first. I should be
able to start working on it on Wednesday. 

	Just to save some time in hunting around... Have you come across a Rage
II driver? Under Linux the Rage II will accept the Radeon driver. Is there
a way to uninstall XPostfacto without access to video or is a
reinstallation in order? Since this card has both a composite out (no
S-Video) and a single PC monitor out, I wonder if it is possible to get a
multi-head output going (Apple// monitor and PC monitor)...

				Later
				Mike