Re: Using cga monitor on IIGs

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4gsdd9$h9b@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
Jonathan E. Isom <jisom@prairienet.org> wrote:
>I was wondering if it would be possible to connect a cga monitor to the 
>GS. If so would it be as easy as connection adapter or would it be more 
>like signal reprocessor to display right. I just would like a larger 
>monitor on my GS.

   CGA? As in the really atrocious color sets that IBM bundled with
their computers for the first few years of the PC? It's been
supplanted by EGA and now [S]VGA, which are far more powerful. But, to
answer your question, the GS puts out analog video, while C/E/VGA are
digital RGB. Big difference. But, a VGA monitor card is available from
Sequential Systems for about $160 for the 8-bit one. That should let
you use up to a 21" monitor on your GS. :)

Nathan Mates

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