Re: NTSC Monitor Vs Apple IIgs' Monitor

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <ju5il15e7t9bpbg7llp68q14j1225uj5sl@4ax.com>,
Jeff Blakeney  <CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 07:43:15 GMT, pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)
> wrote:
> 
>> Since your monochrome monitor probably can accept b&w signals both according
>> to the NTSC and CCIR standards (it's mostly a matter of adjusting the vertical
>> sync when you switch from one to the other - the horizontal sync frequencies
>> are so close to one another in the two cases that the monitor easily can
>> sync to iether of them) I still think it's superfouous to call your monitor
>> an "NTSC monocrhome monitor" since it might as well be a "CCIR monochrome
>> monitor".
> 
> Just because a monitor that was designed to work with an NTSC signal
> (colour or black and white) can display a CCIR monochrome signal does
> not make calling the monitor an "NTSC monochrome monitor" or "NTSC
> colour monitor" superfluous.  If it was designed to be an NTSC monitor
> then it is an NTSC monitor regardless of whether it just might happen
> to work with another signal.  Saying it is monochrome or colour just
> lets people know what type of display you'll get.

If it's a color monitor, such a specification makes sense.

But if it's a b&w monitor accepting a composite video signal the pictire is
different:  there are not many NTSC-only sich monitors.  Almost all of them
are capable of accepting video signals of both NTSC and CCIR specifications.

What brand and model number is your monochrome monitor?  A web search may
reveal whether it's NTSC only or if it also is capable of accepting CCIR video.

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