Re: Crazy Idea

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Bender MX wrote:

>   I've just been looking at the Apple Flat Panel displays
>and doing a little bit of dreaming ... Supposing one got
>their hands on a Apple Studio display, coule one conceivably
>hook up an Apple IIe to it?

I expect that the display will sync to NTSC TV standards, but perhaps
someone can confirm that.  In any case (no pun intended), there are
getting to be lots of large-format LCD TV displays.

If you are satisfied with composite video, then things are pretty easy,
at least on the Apple II side.  ;-)  (Many feel that the colors generated
by a composite video signal are closer to authors' intent than those
generated by an RGB display anyway.)

If you want to go RGB, you'll need an RGB card for NTSC standards,
or an RGB card and a _good_ (often semi-pro) NTSC RGB to VGA
converter.  While a few people have tried this, with varying degrees
of satisfaction, there is not yet an obvious path to success.

>21"  Lo-resolution Fantasies - LOL! :)

Hear, hear!  ;-)

But beware of disappointment, since Apple video is not the 40MHz
bandwidth video you're accustomed to seeing from modern video cards.

-michael

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