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Re: Commodore 1960 monitor work with IIgs?

Polymorph wrote:

Robert Bernardo wrote:


On Tue, 28 Aug 2006, Polymorph wrote:



Anyway, getting back to my original question, does anyone have any
recommendations for a monitor to use. The Commodore 1080 that was
mentioned, does it work well with the IIgs?


	The Commodore Amiga 1080 monitor has analog RGB (in addition
to digital RGB) inputs and thus would work with the IIGS.  The
picture is not overly bright but is adequate.  Also some Commodore 1084
monitors (those that have analog and digital RGB inputs) would work.  The
1084's don't have the anti-glare coating on the screen that the 1080's
have.  A Commodore 1960 monitor is a multi-scan VGA monitor and would not
be suitable for the IIGS.



Would a small (33cm - 13 inch) TV work OK?


	Only if the IIGS outputs a composite signal or if the 13-inch t.v.
has analog RGB inputs.




thanks for the info Robert, FYI the IIgs does have composite out as
well as analog RGB. I'm guessing that the Commodore monitors probably
have a different cables? The IIgs uses a 15 pin cable (IIRC of which
only 8 pins are used). I'd prefer not to have to do any more rewiring -
ie. I'd like to be able to plug and play (to misuse the term).


Although most games will look great on a composite color display,
you will not be able to read the GSOS desktop, nor 80-column text.

-michael

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