Re: VGA Box on Apple IIgs???

[technerd_99@yahoo.com (Mark Frischknecht)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message news:<40CDE825.9AB678E9@swbell.net>...
> Bryan Parkoff writes ...
> > 
> >     I have seen that VGA monitor connects to VGA Box.  VGA Box connects to
> > Apple IIgs' RCA port, but it is not RGB video port.  Do you think that 40/80
> > columns, HGR, and DHGR will display nicely on VGA monitor?  What about GS/OS
> > using RCA port?  I am sure that it will display poor.
> > 
>  ....
> 
>      Tried one of those on our IIgs a couple years ago. It was connected to a
> 17" VGA display.
> 
>      My recollection is that the Desktop display and 640-mode displays in
> general were, at best, just fair-- too blurry.
> 
>      320-mode displays were better-- not as sharp as a IIgs monitor; but,
> larger and entirely usable.
> 
>      Seems like the old-Apple lores, hires, and DHR displays may have been as
> good as you get from the GS monitor or even better.
> 
> 
> 
> Rubywand

You could probably buy an old external Amiga Scandoubler and rewire
the ports for a Apple IIGS