Re: Laser 128 to CGA is easy

["Joel" <joelbuckley54.nospam.@hotmail.com>]

"Simon Williams" <DONTemail@luddite.ca> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 15:58:41 -0600 "Joel"
<joelbuckley54.nospam.@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > While the Laser 128 has a 15 pin video port, it is rather different from
the
> > 15 pin video port on a //c.
> > Unlike the //c, it contains all the signals (R,G,B,I,VSync,HSync) you
need
> > to drive a CGA color monitor.
> > Laser sold simple 15 to 9 pin adapters to do just that.
> > I have 2 or 3 in my basement.
> > That and the built-in parallel printer port were real improvements over
> > Apple's design.
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> You may find this interesting: Ijust picked up a Laser branded monitor
> adaptor cable, whose (very sparse) documentation says it will work on
> not only a Laser 128, but also a //c or //e... it is intended for use
> with an IBM RGB monitor. Since the //e obviously has no 15-pin video
> out and the signal from the Laser and //c are different then they have
> apparently left out some crucial data from the instructions.
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> SW

Doesn't sound right.
While the Laser has RGB on its port, the //c doesn't.
I have some Laser to CGA cables.

The //c and Laser  do have pins in common for LCD display and for Composite
video and sound.

See my comprehensive writeup on RGB and theApple ii.