Re: apple IIgs monitor

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) writes...

>In article <33B9733C.49F2@itisDELETE.com>,
>Ray Saeman  <sands@itisDELETE.com> wrote:
>>What are the available options for a color monitor for a IIgs other than
>>the 2gs monitor?  As I look for a new monitor I'm not really sure what
>>to look for.  I understand IBM compatiples do not work.
>
>   For a short answer, most IBM monitors (very old ones are the only
>ones reported to work) will not work on a standard GS. 

    "Work" is a relative term here. CGA/EGA monitors will operate as
a display with the IIgs, but being digital RGB means you will not be 
able to display the thousands of colors the GS offers. Worse yet, the
colors it will display will be totally wrong or repeating. You would 
need to build a digital to analog converter.

>You can purchase the 'Second Sight' video board that offers pretty good
>emulation of the GS's video with a [S]VGA output,           ^^^^^^ ^^^^

    I would rate it more like fair or mediocre emulation.

>but for the price of that, you could probably get yourself a used GS 
>monitor.

    The Second Sight sells for US$150 and up, at that price you could
buy a complete Apple IIgs system with monitor. Better yet, that would
be enough to purchase an old 386/486 or color Mac, if your intent is 
to display images with greater resolution and color depth than a IIgs
is capable of. If/when FaceLift is completed, I'll change my opinion
on the usefulness of the Second Sight, but until then...

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca