Re: Hating The Green Screen

["Bryan Villados" <news001@macgeek.org>]

Hi, Brian...

What I currently have as my set-up is a Power Macintosh 5500, which has a
composite video-in jack. I connect my Apple II's into there, then view it
through the Macintosh. It appears on the Mac as a separate window. If you
have or can find a Mac that has a composite video-in jack, it'll work as an
alternative Apple II monitor. Not only that, you can take very clean screen
shots of Apple II screens. Other Macs I know of that have this built in are
the Macintosh AV models, Power Macintosh 8600/9600, and possibly MacTV if
you have an R/F modulator.

But to answer your question about swapping CRTs, I'm not sure... But at one
time, I actually saw a Macintosh SE/30 with a green screen. The owner of the
unit believed it's a prototype, and Apple was actually considering the idea
of a green screen instead of the black/white. But I'm curious about the
source of the CRT.

--- Bryan

"Brian Voykin - @shaw.ca" <deema@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:ym438.12626$XG4.469928@news2.calgary.shaw.ca...
> Howdy.
>
> I'll tell you what I want to do, you tell me if I'm crazy or should take
out
> some extra Term Life, or what.
>
> I love my IIc and my IIc+.  But I loathe green screens, which is
> unfortunately all I have.  However I have a few of the old Macs (original,
> SE30, Classic).  I noticed that the 9" B&W CRTs that came internal in
those
> Macs are the exact same physical specs to the IIc monitor's.  So I want to
> physically swap CRTs, giving me a B&W IIc monitor.  Cool or what?
>
> I fully plan to check the power inputs/outputs with my multimeter.
However
> if anybody else has looked into this or has ever actually done it, they
> could probably let me know quickly if I'm going to burn my house down
> trying.
>
> So what do you think?
>
> Cheers,
> BV
>
>