Re: Apple //e in Mac LC?

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

"Mitchell Spector" <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>"Mitchell Spector" <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>    I remember that Macintosh LC has an emulation card that it allows to
>>>> run Apple //e.
>>>
>>>    That would be the PDS-slot based "Apple IIe Card".
>>>
>>>>Do it run in double high resolution screen?
>>>
>>>    Yes, it supports Double-Hi-Res. I've been able to run MouseDesk and 
>>> you
>>> get that nice colorful fringing effect, accurately emulating the
>>> idiosyncracy
>>> of that mode. There is a monochrome toggle option to disable color, 
>>> giving
>>> you a true (1-bit) 560x192 mode so MouseDesk displays legibly.
>>>
>>>    Unfortunately I don't have the cable to connect up an Apple 5.25 
>>> drive
>>> so I've not done much experimenting and tinkering with my Apple IIe Card
>>> (99% of my Apple IIe/IIc software is on 5.25 floppies).
>>>
>>>>Do Macintosh Finder have an ability to capture the screenshot from Apple
>>>>//e's text,
>>>>LGR, HGR, and DHGR screens into bitmap files?
>>>
>>>    The standard Finder snap-shot key press works: Command-Shift-3
>>> A Macintosh save dialog box will appear, allowing you to save the
>>> screen shot of the current Apple IIe screen (text or video) as a
>>> "SimpleText Picture". I'm sure that can be converted into a BMP,
>>> GIF or JPEG.
>>>
>>>    Incidentally, the Apple IIe Card has no hardware to produce video,
>>> all Apple II video modes are generated on the native Macintosh side
>>> using QuickDraw. It's also one of the reasons the card can operate
>>> slower than a real 1 MHz Apple IIe if it's installed in a slower system.
>>
>>    Thank you for the information.  Are you sure that Macintosh LC can
>>display colored 80-column text using double high-resolution screen?
>
>    If you mean colored 40/80 columns text as the Apple IIgs produces
> (i.e. 16 color selections for border, foreground and background) then no,
> it does not. All text is displayed in white, on a black background.
>
>>Can it be readable like real Apple IIgs' emulated NTSC chip?
>
>    The only thing in common with the Apple IIgs is the use of the
> Mega II (a IIe-on-a-chip) and IWM (disk controller chip). It does
> not generate a composite/NTSC video signal or output, it just
> simulates it on the Macintosh video hardware--a VGA signal.
>
>    Do you mean mixed 80 columns text on the lower half of a
> Double-Hi-Res screen? It handles that as well, with readable
> 80 columns text (white) and colored graphics on the upper half.
>
> Mitchell Spector
Mitchell,

    Someone posted the message who they claim that they can read colored 
80-column using DHGR mode.  I do not mean to discuss 16 colors in the 
foreground and background text for Apple IIgs.  I discuss DHGR mode which it 
switches from color to monochrome and from monochrone to color while you 
desire to read 80-column text.  It is like 3 or 4 colors in 7 pixels per 
80-column text when it is in color, but it is all one color as white in 7 
pixels per 80-column text when it is in monochrome.  Do you know what I 
mean?
    Please suggest what I need to buy Macintosh LC with Apple //e's card 
including 3.5" drive and 5.25" drive.

Bryan Parkoff