Re: Need info on A2 card

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Exegete (millers@noneofyourbusiness.com) wrote:

: The card came out in the days of the ][Plus - I owned one with a 
: Profile. Alas, I was so clueless (it was my first Apple II) that I 
: thought it was broken because all the Profile did was blink that stupid 
: red light for forever. <Sigh!>

It doesn't help that where most of us expect an "in-use" light, the
Profile has an "!in-use" light instead.

: > I suppose that the best way to set up a //e with a proFile would be to use
: > a monitor stand, then put a Monitor /// on top of the proFile.  This was
: > back in the days when people were using Monitor ///'s for ][e's, 

: And ][Pluses!

: since the
: > Monitor ][ (which is MUCH nicer!  If only because it lacked the cloth
: > screen surface!) hadn't been released yet.

: Actually, for work, as opposed to play, the Monitor /// is a better 
: monitor: that cloth screen cut out glare, and the long persistence 
: phosphor made for a more steady text screen. Of course, fast scrolling 
: would make your eyes cross!

My experience was sort of opposite...the long persistence phosphor was
@#$!ed annoying, and because of the cloth surface, it was really dark. 
And if anybody touched the screen, it was impossible to remove the
resulting fingerprint.

By comparison, the Monitor ][ had a slightly shorter phosohor, an
adjustable screen angle, and a glass surface with the antireflective
etching on the *back* surface of the tube.  Slightly less effective than
the cloth screen, but still effective (compare the composite monitor or
the IIgs RGB with a lovely black tube but NO adjustment and NO glare
reduction)...I think the Monitor ][ is still my favorite of the Apple
monochrome monitors (as though there were so many to choose from...)

: > So no doubt from me that the card you have is for an Apple ][...in fact,
: > the Apple ][ is the only Apple that ever supported the proFile that would
: > require the use of a special card!

: I don't think you are correct here. Again, I could be wrong.

So could I; I never used an Apple ///.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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