Re: See what Nishida Radio has been up to

[nyder <nyder.23@gmail.com>]

On Monday, February 18, 2013 5:16:39 PM UTC-8, Egan Ford wrote:
> On 2/18/13 5:07 PM, nyder wrote:
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> > What model monitor?  One of the old one for TV/Video?  If it does less then 640x480 resolutions, then yes.  Might need to put a resistor on a line or 2, but should work fine.   If it's a new one that only does 640x480 lowest, then you'd need a converter.
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> It's an old one.  PVM 1342Q.  It looks like a nice universal CRT for 
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> retro gear.  It has an RGBI digital input (DB9), RGB analog (BNC), 2 
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> standard video in (BNC), S video I think, and something called VTR.
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> 80-col looks OK, but not as crisp as an Apple monitor.  I was a bit 
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> disappointed in that.  I'll be testing the Video 7 IIe and /// RGBI 
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> adapters when I have the time.
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> The analog RGB inputs can be set to component as well.  But in native 
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> mode a simpler cable should be available, right?
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> Thanks.

Ya, sweet old crt.   You would probably have to make your own cable, or get someone to make one for you.   No need for component mode.    You might be able to find a 9 pin DB connector to  BNC cable, though most I have ever seen in places are the 15pin DB connector BNC cables.   If you did find one of the 9 pin DB BNC cables, at worse you'd have to make an adaptor for it, nothing hard to do.

Unless I'm mistaken, you can just use the digital RGB to connect to your Apple 2's.  No need to go the analog route, I don't think it would improve the picture any.