Re: Apple II Monitor suggestions

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In article <1111471913.151833.322800@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "Ringo
Langly" <rlangly@gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome to hear the Apple II can do color -- I guess we only used the
> green monitors in school, so didn't realize that.

My school had little Zenith amber monochrome displays which was a pity,
since I often would go browsing in computers stores where they sold the
Apple //e and //c, and see all this color output on their color composite
monitors on display....I guess that's how I found out how much better and
more exciting the Apple II was compared to the mute, non-color TRS-80
Model III (not to be confused with the much better and cheaper
TRS-80/Tandy CoCo 3) clunkers my school also had.


> Also I have several older composite monitors, but I thought something
> other then composite would yield the best results.  I also have an
> older Hercules amber monitor (9-pin connector) -- anyway to rig this
> up?  A friend of mine many many years ago had an identical monitor
> working on his Coco 3 (yup I have one of those too) with the RGB
> connector, and I was wondering if it was possible to connect this to
> the Apple II -- but if the only stock output is composite I guess
> that's nixed.


If you've got an Apple IIGS, then any analog RGB monitor which works with
the CoCo 3's analog RGB output should also work with the Apple IIGS's
analog RGB output, providing you have the correct cable to hook the
computer and monitor to each other.

As for the rest of the Apple II family, they came stock with composite
color output via the RCA jack on the back.

If you ever come across one of the Commodore or equivalant Magnavox
monitors I have mentioned, and it's in good working condition, grab it. 
It's a great multi-use/multi-purpose monitor for many of the old
computers, as well as your VCR, Cable TV tuner, Satelitte Receiver, etc. 
Just be sure to do your homework first and get the exact model you
want/desire.