Re: AppleColor RGB lines

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

On Apr 22, 9:26 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> KP wrote:
> > On Apr 22, 8:46 pm, Osgeld <osg...@cheesefactory.us> wrote:
>
> >>On Apr 22, 6:18 pm, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>On Apr 22, 7:17 pm, Osgeld <osg...@cheesefactory.us> wrote:
>
> >>>>On Apr 22, 5:58 pm, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>Thank you.  I'm going to hope it either resolves itself or I come
> >>>>>across a cheap AppleColor RGB to replace it with.
>
> >>>>>Incidentally, is there any solution that would not involve assembling
> >>>>>my own cables (never done that before, not looking to start) but that
> >>>>>would nonetheless allow me to connect the IIgs RGB-out to either a VGA
> >>>>>monitor or an S-Video TV?  I've read about the Australian/New Zealand
> >>>>>S-CART converter cable.  Is there a way to use that to put the signal
> >>>>>into S-CART and then use another intermediary to put the signal into
> >>>>>VGA such that it can go into a normal monitor, or 31.5 khz S-Video
> >>>>>such that it can go into an S-Video TV?  Or even 31.5 khz separate-
> >>>>>component plugs (the differentiated parts that are combined in a
> >>>>>"composite" plug)?
>
> >>>>>I would love to not have to rely on a 25-year-old monitor--and to be
> >>>>>able to junk & replace the monitor whenever necessary.
>
> >>>>I am not saying anything is impossible, but VGA is not going to happen
> >>>>without extra hardware, it just simply runs 2x as fast in its slowest
> >>>>form. s-video is more likely, though your going to need a converter or
> >>>>pick the signals off the motherboard as I keep threatening to do on
> >>>>my //c as s-video is not a RGB signal
>
> >>>I don't mind a converter.  What I mind is slicing & dicing my own
> >>>cables.
>
> >>>If there's a combination of existing cables and existing converters
> >>>that can do it, I want to know!
>
> >>I have never used one but they do exist
>
> >>http://sewelldirect.com/Component-YPbPr-RGB-RCA-to-Composite-Yellow-R...
>
> > No, that receives the triple components.
>
> > I need to receive as SCART in order to use this:
> >http://vintageware.orconhosting.net.nz/scart.html
>
> > So I need to put IIgs to SCART using that cable.
>
> > And THEN, I need to put the SCART to either S-Video or Component.
>
> > Is there anything that can do the second step of that process?
>
> > While simultaneously fixing the problem of the IIgs putting out 15 khz
> > and the TV or monitor receiving 31 khz?
>
> The TV will handle a 15kHz horizontal sweep rate--that's standard.
>
> The problem you are experiencing is unlikely to be caused by your
> monitor, which I suspect is working fine (see my earlier response).
>
> Your life will be much simpler if you can simply use a 15kHz monitor.
> Conversion to VGA *with the quality you are accustomed to* is not a
> trivial matter.
>
> -michael
>
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To the best of my knowledge, the only available 15 khz monitor is that
Samsung one with the SCART input.

Are there others commonly available?