Re: Apple IIc with colour LCD demoed at KansasFest?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Bill Garber wrote:
> "Craig Bower" <to.email.me@post.a.request.message> wrote in message
> news:j%wOd.31487$tU6.6063@edtnps91...
> : "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
> : gpSdnUi9jfPEHJffRVn-iA@comcast.com">news:gpSdnUi9jfPEHJffRVn-iA@comcast.com...
> : > Oops, you're half right. It does say it needs to be attached
> : > to the PSone for this to work. Do you have a PSone????
> :
> : Heh,
> :
> : There you go! - The only thing I'm wondering now, is if it needs
> : the PS1 at all.  The LCD has a power supply and A/V inputs.
> :
> : I'm hoping it doesn't do something stupid like route the A/V input
> : through the PS1 and then back out.  Why in god's name would it
> : need to do that - but this is sony afterall!
>
> I was reading part of a forum on it and they were
> saying that it does go through the PSone. Without
> it you get audio and some backlighting, but no video.

I just received mine, and tried it with a mini-AV plug to RCA cable
(video+ 2 audio cables), and it worked fine with NTSC sources and with
my //e.

The report that it requires a PS/1 is clearly in error.

Quality is exactly what you would expect for a composite color input--
acceptable for 40 columns, barely readable (and therefore unusable) for
80 columns.  Colors are great.  LCD is bright and sharp.

It will be interesting to see if this can be used as an NTSC-scan RGB
monitor with some cabling...

-michael

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