Re: Pics of Apple Digital RGB Mon 100?

["atfphotography@gmail.com" <atfphotography@gmail.com>]

On Jun 9, 8:35 pm, Knut <kr-l...@nogarbage.online.no> wrote:
> atfphotogra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > So I have two of the Taxan/Video-7 analog RGB cards that work very
> > well with the Apple RGB monitor.
>
> > I also have the Apple IIe Digital RGB card that only works with the
> > Apple Color Monitor 100.
>
> > Does anyone have a photo of the M100 so I can keep an eye out?
>
> > I did read of the modification to the card to let it use analog RGB
> > monitors, but I would rather not modify it.
>
> >http://www.downloads.reactivemicro.com/Public/Apple%20II%20Items/Hard...
>
> > Does anyone have a photo of the M100? I can't find anything on-line.
>
> > Best!
>
> > ATF
>
> Hi
>
> That document, I did try out such a circuit and I'm pretty sure he would not get those colors you
> see in the monitor in the document. My guess is that those colors are made with either a GS or with
> a much more advanced circuit than the one he describes. Possibly a mistake by the author. You would
> get a palette just slightly better than the CGA has where one line is interpreted as blue, one as
> red and one as green and then intensity the XRGB that comes out of that card is not the same as
> RGBI. For example there are two combinations that give gray with the same intensity.
>
> I would very much like to obtain an M100 monitor but I wasn't actively looking any more as I had
> almost given up. I'm in Europe... Norway and the situation here is that almost all apples were used
> with B&W TV or monochrome monitor. :-( Anyway I found my solution the Taxan monitor by Kaga
> Electronics Co.
>
> The Taxan/Kaga monitor has 3 modes Analogue RGB (mode II - Apple-II/NEC-PC-8001), digital RGBI, same
> as CGA (mode I - IBM PC) and finally an Digital XRGB mode (mode III - Apple-III) which decodes with
> similar colors to NTSC except for Gray 2 which looks like a cream (light yellow). I got this monitor
> with a BBC computer last year and I have had it for all this time without realizing this... I have
> now made a cable and, in mode III, it seems to work just like an M100. Perfect fit for the IIe RGB
> card. WOW :-) I'll put up some photos on my site soon.
>
> Maybe the Taxan/Kaga monitor is easier to come by than the M100 because it was used with more computers.
>
> Knut :-)

Interesting!

I'm wondering if I can use the CGA output of the AE ColorLink daughter
card for the AE Ramworks III for viewing on a VGA monitor with some
sort of CGA to VGA adapter.

Have it see.

Best!

ATF