Re: Apple //e in Mac LC?

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

Mitchell,

    Thank you for the information.  Are you sure that Macintosh LC can 
display colored 80-column text using double high-resolution screen?  Can it 
be readable like real Apple IIgs' emulated NTSC chip?

Bryan Parkoff

"Mitchell Spector" <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>    I remember that Macintosh LC has an emulation card that it allows to 
>> run
>>Apple //e.
>
>    That would be the PDS-slot based "Apple IIe Card".
>
>>Do it run in double high resolution screen?
>
>    Yes, it supports Double-Hi-Res. I've been able to run MouseDesk and you
> get that nice colorful fringing effect, accurately emulating the 
> idiosyncracy
> of that mode. There is a monochrome toggle option to disable color, giving
> you a true (1-bit) 560x192 mode so MouseDesk displays legibly.
>
>    Unfortunately I don't have the cable to connect up an Apple 5.25 drive
> so I've not done much experimenting and tinkering with my Apple IIe Card
> (99% of my Apple IIe/IIc software is on 5.25 floppies).
>
>>Do Macintosh Finder have an ability to capture the screenshot from Apple 
>>//e's text,
>>LGR, HGR, and DHGR screens into bitmap files?
>
>    The standard Finder snap-shot key press works: Command-Shift-3
> A Macintosh save dialog box will appear, allowing you to save the
> screen shot of the current Apple IIe screen (text or video) as a
> "SimpleText Picture". I'm sure that can be converted into a BMP,
> GIF or JPEG.
>
>    Incidentally, the Apple IIe Card has no hardware to produce video,
> all Apple II video modes are generated on the native Macintosh side
> using QuickDraw. It's also one of the reasons the card can operate
> slower than a real 1 MHz Apple IIe if it's installed in a slower system.
>
> Mitchell Spector