Re: Apple IIGS monitor replacement

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

On Apr 28, 1:17 am, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Now I get my system disk for my GS, I am faced with another problem:
> the LCD TV is not suitable for anything 640 mode or 80 column - - they
> looks like double hires! If you still remember double hires, basically
> it is 560x192 monochrome or 140x192 with 16 colors... so basically
> when you show a DHR mono image (says Instant Pascal) on a color
> monitor, it is just color everywhere and looks very bad.
>
> Surpringingly my PowerMac 7200/120 monitor (which is a 14" I think),
> display Apple IIGS graphics on 640x480 mode using Bernie PERFECTLY.
> Now I wonder why there are all talks to use GS on a VGA monitor, etc,
> but not to a Mac monitor? This is the closest to a GS experience I
> think. At least Mac monitor might be easier to locate than GS monitor.
> I will be glad to use 7200/120 for my GS if it is indeed possible.
>
> Or is there a way to force the GS to display 640 mode in monochrome...?

Thye Chean,

Actually you can't use a Mac monitor with the GS. From what I remember
reading in other posts about the GS monitor it uses a 15KHz signal on
the RGB and there are not that many monitors that will accept that.
Why Apple didn't decide to make the GS compatible with Mac monitors is
a good question.  Here's a list of monitors that will work with the
GS:

AppleColor RGB Monitor replacement (model A2M6014, the IIgs monitor)
Commodore 1084 models and equivalents like the Magnavox Professional
80
Sony CPD 1302 MultiSynch
NEC MultiSync (original), MultiSync II, MultiSync 3D
Commodore 1902 (although most of these only do digital RGB)
Tandy CM-8 (not sure about model but it was used with the Coco3)
Atari SC1224 (used with the ST series)
Some TVs

Dean
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