Video Out

[Jeff.Brielmaier@juge.com (Jeff Brielmaier)]

m >I have noted something with all my Apples and Apple clones, my Atari and 3
m >Commodores, and my Mattel Aquarius (yes I am an oldies freak ;) I have 2
m >amber screen monitors.  The video out on the various systems will NOT
m >display anything on these.  I MUST pass thru a TV tunner  (I have an old
m >Beta VCR I use for this) and out to the screen to get anything.  Why ...

The Apple ][ (can't speak to the others) was designed to generate a 
composite video output (w/ color; a radical feature for its day).  In 
order to connect an Apple ][ to a TV, the user had to add an RF Modulator
(a real popular one was designed to use Channel 33) in order to generate
the higher frequency signal required to be seen on the TV set.

Your Beta VCR is taking the place of the old "RF Modulator".

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