Re: Apple II Monitor suggestions

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In article <1111443322.433530.230870@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "Ringo
Langly" <rlangly@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for comments or suggestions, and sorry if this topic has been
> covered in the past.  I'm 'new' to the Apple II and like I said,
> anything other then a standard TV would be nice :)


Hello Ringo,

The Apple II (all models in the Apple II family) certainly do output
color, through the standard RCA style hookup on the back of the computer. 
All you need is a an RCA style video cable, and a composite color
Monitor/TV set which has an RCA style input on it.  Most (or probably all)
modern day TV sets have this.


Since I use both Apple II computers and Radio Shack CoCo computers (well,
the CoCo 3 specifically), and since the aformentioned computers all have
composite color video output jacks (RCA style), I use Commdore brand
composite color monitors...

I have a C=1702 and also a C=1084.

These monitors can both accept composite color input via RCA style
connector.  In addition, they also each have the special Commodore version
of S-Video (seperate chroma and luma inputs, again RCA style, instead of
the S-Video connector standard, but it amounts to the exact same thing
display wise).  Handy if you have a Commy 64 or 128 you wish to hook up,
or even a cable converter/TV tuner.

In addition, the Commdore 1084 monitor has both analog and digital RGB
inputs, one can easily hook up the Apple IIgs analog RGB output to this
monitor with a simple cable (schematics on the web).

In addition, these monitors also have built in speakers for audio output,
which is desirable for computers such as the CoCo which do not have a
built in speaker (all Apple II's have built in speakers).

Certain Magnavox monitors from that time era are almost the exact
equivalant to certain Commodore monitors from that time era (as a matter
of fact, a lot of but not all Commodore monitors were actually built by
Phillips Magnavox and just rebranded and certain minor features added or
removed).....

Example:  The Commodore 1084 is almost the same as the Magnavox 8CM515,
although the Magnavox has a monochrome button to kill the color output,
but I belive the model I mentioned lacks the special "Commodre Video"
inputs (a.k.a. S-Video using seperate chroma/luma inputs instead of a
standard S-Video connector).

Again, do a search for Commodore analog RGB monitors, Amiga monitors,
Magnavox analog RGB monitors, Apple II monitors, Tandy CoCo monitors, etc.
on the web and you'll find an incredible amount of info regarding the
different features that these monitors offer.

Finding an actual monitor to purchase...if you go for any of the above,
you'll have to settle for used since they've all been out of production
for a good 15 years or more by now.

The bad thing about Apple branded monitors for the Apple II family is that
they don't have a built in speaker, rendering it somewhat less desirable
for non-Apple II computers and/or a tv tuner (where to output the sound
to??).


Having said all this....does anybody here have a really good condition
Magnavox 8CM515 or better yet a Magnavox 1CM135 that they would be willing
to sell? I might be interested.  I need a multipurpose monitor (hooking up
my IIgs RGB, hooking up my CoCo 3 RGB, hooking up my other Apple II
computers via composite, etc.)