Re: Apple IIc Questions

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Miguel Kudaka writes ...
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> Hi Charles...
> 
> Charles F. Downing escribi� en mensaje <#8nr1rL78GA.54@upnetnews03>...
> >Help!  I have an Apple IIc, and have a few questions about upgrades and
> >software.
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> >* My IIc was bought used and did not come with a converter to use a TV as a
> >color display (I already know the pros and cons to this).  Is there any way
> >I can get around this?
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> You can find an adapter in any radio shack. This adapter connects to the RCA
> video jack of your Apple IIc and sends the signal to your TV antenna input
> jack.
>

     To avoid possible confusion, the "adapter" is not one of the usual
RCA plug-to-Antenna adapters or "TV/video" game switches. These work
only for switching RF signals. For example, you can switch between the
signal coming in through the antenna and, typically, a CH-3 or CH-4
signal coming from a game machine or computer with an RF output.

     The IIc does not output an RF signal. It outputs out a composite
video signal intended for a standard composite video monitor. To use
this signal to drive a TV, it can go, via a simple cable, into the
"Video" input of a modern TV with no adapter.

     If the TV has no Video input, the IIc owner can use the Apple IIc
RF Modulator module, which converts the IIc composite video signal into
an RF signal at CH-3 or CH-4. The output of the module goes to a cable
which can connect to the TV antenna input or to a TV/game switch
connected to the antenna input. These modules sometimes show up at
Users' Group swap meets, school sales, etc..

     Radio Shack's Video RF modulator should work, too. It converts
video into RF at CH-3 or CH-4. It lists for $29.99 in the 1998
catalog.   


Rubywand