Re: Apple][VGA - finally available

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Dave Althoff, Jr. wrote:
> Ferdinan Meyer-hermann <ferdinan.meyer-hermann@a2central.com.remove-rw3-this> wrote:
> :  > Why did you not add support for the IIGS?
> : So you'll have to wait until someone designs a "GS2VGA"...
> : A real GS2VGA would also have the advantage of being cheaper and drawing less
> : power than a combined solution. And it is likely to cause less trouble
>
> Anybody remember the Second Sight board?  8-)

That's not a IIgs video to VGA converter.

The Second Sight was a much more problematic "VGA card for the IIgs"
with the consequent need to support new graphics modes, as opposed
to simply converting IIgs RGB video into VGA video.

The trickiest part of such a conversion would be a mode to handle
NTSC-like color rendition (instead of the much higher bandwidth and,
for many graphics, less attractive "digital RGB" modes) for Apple II
video.

-michael

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