Re: What is this Amdek card??

[Sterling <admin@ilc-it.net>]

On May 30, 10:38 pm, srk...@gmail.com wrote:
> Sounds like the original apple IIe RGB card (which were a V7 design) -
> the round connector may have gone to a Kaga/Taxan style RGB display at
> one point. A couple of pictures would help a lot here I think.
>
> With a bit info, im sure we can figure out where that red cable needs
> to go. These cards produce a good picture on modern LCD displays with
> RGB style inputs, such as SCART.
>
> steve
>
> On May 31, 2:18 pm, Sterling <ad...@ilc-it.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I got it in an Apple IIE system I purchased of Ebay last week.
>
> > It has a jumper like header with a blue and red wire coming out that
> > clips on a couple of IC's I guess on the motherboard. Under the jumper
> > it says VIDEO-7 INC. There is a cable coming off of it leading to a 9-
> > D connector on the back.
>
> > I had to remove it after receiving because the Red wire lead was no
> > longer on anything and I have no idea where it was supposed to go. Not
> > that I have anything connected to the D9 connector anyways.
>
> > It did come with a very odd D9 to 8 ping connector that I've never
> > seen before. Looks almost industrial.
> > The search on the web had lots of stuff on the Amdek cards being
> > mostly for disk drives, but this may be different.
>
> > Any ideas??- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That sounds cool.

Right now I've got the Apple IIe connected through a cheap composite
to VGA converter to my Dell 17" LCD.
I must say the graphics loook great, but the text is really shifty and
hard to read.

It would be nice to find a cleaner way to get the video if possible.

Here is a picture of my card: http://rapidwave.net/amdek002.jpg
Any suggestions?