Re: //c Questions

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

In article jeff.brielmaier@yob.com (Jeff Brielmaier) writes...
> 
>MJ>1) I have the original (?) small monochrome monitor with the stand.
>MJ>This works fine, but I read in one of the //c books in the local
>MJ>library that it is possible to hook up the //c to a color TV -- and
>MJ>color would be nice.  Feeding the video signal into a TV VHF input
>MJ>didn't work (on any channel, though 3 was close).  Do I need some sort
>MJ>of adaptor or special hardware to do this?  How do I get it to work?
> 
>You need an RF-modulator in order to hook it up to the TV set.  There where 
>several available back in the "good-old-days" including one that just plugged 
>into the back of the computer w/ no "loose" wires, but I'm not sure if they 
>are still available....

	An RF-modulator is only required if you have older television set
that only has a coxial UHF/VHF connector in back. Most modern-day TV sets
(unless it's an inexpensive model) will have separate RCA inputs for both 
Audio and Video. In which case, all you need do is run a standard RCA male
to male cable between the NTSC-out port of your Apple //c to the Video-in
on back of your TV. This will give you much cleaner color output, as well 
as a more simplified solution. If your Television set does not have A/V
connectors, a VCR connected to the TV most likely will. The Video-in port
on your TV/VCR is often color coded yellow. 

	All models of the Apple II, from 1977 to 1989, have an NTSC-out
(RCA) port in back that supports color. On the Apple II, II+ and IIe this 
is found on the left side facing the back. The IIc directly in the center, 
and the IIgs it is found on the right side, just next to the ADB bus 
connector. 

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Mitchell Spector
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