Apple II Digital RGB Card & Sony PVM-14M4U NTSC/PAL Monitor - Works!

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Hello,

So I've been fighting away on my IIe to get GEOS to work with an RGB
card. It hates the Taxan/Video 7 cards and I haven't been able to try
an actual Apple II Digital RGB card because I lacked a monitor.

I then realized I have film production monitors sitting on my shelf
that take every sort of connection you can imagine. This particular
monitor is not a new HD model but standard NTSC/PAL 4:3, 16:9, etc. A
Sony PVM-14M4U monitor with BNC & svideo ports.

I found a Apple RGB monitor cable that is the standard Apple RGB
connector with four bnc connectors on the other side. When I ran the
cable from the Apple Digital RGB card to the monitor and switched it
on, whammo! Rock solid image. GEOS works great with the Apple II
digital RGB card but not with the Taxan/Video-7 cards.

On the Apple card it appears as perfect text in double hi-res mode
(guessing) while the Taxan makes it look like it's in some sort of low
resolution color block mode and you can't ready anything.

I'm just happy I can use the Apple Digital RGB card now with the Sony
PVM-14M4U. Sweet!

You can find those monitors on ebay but they aren't cheap as they are
still in common use for post-production work.

They are also heavy.

Best!

ATF