Re: Laser 128 to Laser monitor connection?

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"Russ Gibson" <russg@rnstech.com> wrote:

>The EX/2 used a newer version of the gate arrays (the video and 3.5" disk
>sections of the gate arrays were heavily modified as I recall), and
>therefore has better output (i.e. color seperation, etc.) on lower end
>models.  Basically, the EX/2 was used to fix all the minor "quirks" found
>in the previous machines.

Yup.  The new gate arrays provided both analog and digital RGB which
meant you could connect a GS analog RGB monitor to the EX/2 as
an alternative to the cheap CGA digital ones for superior quality.

The EX/2 was V-Tech's response to the IIc Plus and I must say it was
a superior computer.  It could be set to match a IIc Plus, a stock GS,
or a IIe in speed.  The built in disk controller could use Apple 3.5,
UniDisk 3.5, and 5.25 disks and the CT drives for the IIc.  It had a 3.5
Chinon (Mac) drive built in.  It had a rechargeable Ni-Cad battery pack
and a clock/calender/battery backed control panel.  It had serial and
parallel ports and a built in MIDI interface.  It even had a slot on the
side so that you could connect a hard card or any other Apple II card.
The internal 1MB memory expansion was great and the video chip
also supported an optional LCD display.

The EX/2 clearly bested the IIc Plus.