Re: A plug for Second Sight card

[Eric Jacobs <no@no.no>]

Jim Pittman wrote:
> 
> Apple IIgs owners who have problems with their standard Apple RGB
> analog color monitor are posting queries about how to fix their
> Apple monitor, or how to adapt some other brand of RGB monitor to
> the Apple IIgs.
> 
> I say you folks are missing a good bet if you don't check out a
> Second Sight card and a cheap used VGA monitor. This combination
> can make a GREAT improvement in the text screen and a minor
> improvement in the graphic screen. I use Gno/ME, AppleWorks 5.1
> and occasionally other text-based programs, and in my opinion the
> improvement in text readability over the Apple RGB monitor is
> nothing short of incredible. I find a net gain in readability of
> the desktop screen as well; it does not work well for animated
> graphics, but fortunately I don't need this capability.
> 
> If you want a Second Sight card and the best text screen you will
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> ever see on a IIgs, get one now while they are still available.
> Used 14" VGS monitors are cheap these days when all the Windoze
> folks are going to 19" and 21" monitors.

It seems strange to be advertising a GRAPHICS card that it will improve
your TEXT screen, doesn't it?

If people are serious about supporting this Second Sight card, let's
work on getting Quickdraw level support for its new graphics modes and
resolutions. Honestly, it could be as simple as dropping a Tool004 into
your System folder, and your GS could be a whole new machine (including
the ability to actually display a decent amount of information on the
screen at once!)

-ej