Re: A Few Apple II questions...

[salfter@chakotay.ncc74656.org (Scott Alfter)]

In article <labelas-0408990141100001@host-209-214-27-172.psl.bellsouth.net>,
Labelas Enoreth <labelas@hotmail.com> wrote:
>1> I have a Numeric Pad IIe. I originally thought this was for the mac
>plus because of the way it looked, but then saw the D(...um...B?...I know
>there's a big thing here about DB, DD, DE, etc...) connector on the cable.
>Then I went and looked at my IIe's...the two platinums have the num pad
>built-in already and the older beige one only has the internal connector.
>So, which IIe was this supposed to hook up to?

It's intended for older IIes.  I use mine with my "stealth GS."  Your keypad
should've come with an adapter cable that installs inside the computer that
goes from the DB-15 (to be bolted to the back panel) to whatever type of
connector is on the motherboard (some kind of single in-line connector, but
I don't remember how many pins).

>2> Was there and apple-made RGB monitor for use with the IIe (with a RGB
>card of course)...does the AppleColor RGB (used with my IIgs) monitor work
>with the IIc?

Not from Apple...the Color Monitor IIe was a composite monitor.  With an
analog RGB card (usually an add-on for a memory card such as a RamWorks),
you could use the AppleColor RGB.  I think the Apple II Video Overlay Card
will also allow you to hook up an RGB monitor...in fact, it has the same
graphics hardware as the IIGS, so it might be a way to boost the graphics
capability of your IIe.  Some RGB cards also provided digital RGB, which you
could use with any CGA monitor.  A more recent development is the Second
Sight, which will let you use a readily-available VGA monitor.  It's kinda
spendy, though.  (For a IIGS, I'd recommend hunting around for an older VGA
monitor that syncs down to the GS's refresh rate all by itself...I use an
NEC MultiSync 3D with mine.)

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