Re: Apple IIc+ video output options

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

Slor wrote:
> Without actually owning an Apple monitor, can anyone suggest the best 
> alternative for hooking up the IIc+ video to a modern monitor?  The machine 
> has a composite video output that I tried hooking up to a composite 
> monitor.  Unfortunately, the hi-res text mode looks horrible there.  I tend 
> to upscale all of my old computers and game consoles to a VGA monitor, and 
> I wondered if there's any approach that would get me there with a good 
> picture on the IIc+.  For instance, is there a conversion similar to the 
> Mac VGA adapters that work with the old Apples?  Is the composite output 
> expected to be crappy in a hi-res text mode, or do I perhaps just need a 
> better composite monitor for it?
>
> Thanks for any pointers to info that you can send my way.  I'll still 
> getting up to speed on the A2 stuff, so please bear with me. :)

For 80-column text mode, I would recommend either a monochrome monitor
or an AppleColor Composite monitor.  Both types are not hard to find
on eBay, but, as usual, you take your chances when shipping a monitor.

-michael

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