Re: Apple built monitors for //e?

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Ralph Wade Phillips (ralphp@gcstation.net) wrote:
: Hi, David!

Hi, Ralph!  You're quoting me here...

: > Later, Apple introduced the Monitor //, which is what I have.  I believe
: > it was also built by Hitachi, and it has a *manual* tilt-screen (i.e.
: > push in at the top or bottom), green monochrome display, power switch on
: > the front and contrast control on the side.  It also corrected the main
: > problems of the Monitor /// in a couple of major ways.  First of all, the
: > cabinet is the proper size to fit on top of the Apple ][.  The Monitor ///
: > is a bit too wide, hence the existance of the monitor stands for the ][
: > series.  Second, the back surface of the CRT is etched to give the monitor
: > an anti-glare surface, but a smooth outside finish.  This provides a good
: > looking display, which is a lot brighter than the Monitor /// with cloth
: > filter, and can actually be cleaned.  This is arguably the nicest NTSC
: > monochrome computer monitor around.

:         Remember, the Monitor /// was designed for the Apple ///, and fit
: it perfectly.  There was a monitor stand that would hold the Monitor ///
: on the Apple ][ family (][, ][+, //e) and helped it to fit better.

Er...I meant to mention that...Although most of the Monitor ///'s I've
seen have been sitting on top of Disk ]['s sitting on top of ][e's.  Or
sitting on top of monitor stands sitting on top of ][e's.

Actually, I don't think I've ever seen a Monitor /// sitting on top of an
Apple ///, though, as you point out, they are designed to be a perfect
match.  Instead, I've seen them sitting perfectly on top of ProFile hard
drives, which, in turn, sit perfectly on top of Apple ///'s.  8-)

Of course, my ProFile sits on top of a Lisa II/5.  Anyone know of a patch
to let the Lisa Office System 7/7 accept the fact that it is now 1996?  It
seems that the Year 2000 bug hit that computer about five years early...

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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