Re: Apple 14" composite monitor on IIGS?

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.invalid.za>]

On Wed, 15 May 2002 02:26:01 GMT, SlickRCBD wrote:

> My IIGS monitor is at death's door, knocking loudly. It works fine for
> about 5 or 10 minutes, sometimes even 15, then it sudeenly cuts out, as if
> it were unplugged or turned off. I then need to press the power button to
> turn it off and wait. After about an hour or so it will work again.

Doubtful it is at deaths door. Probably a dry solder joint, when it cools down
and contracts it makes contact again and all
is well.

>
> Anyway, a friend of mine says he's had an old Apple 14" composite monitor
> gathering dust in his attic. He says the connector is similar to the round
> monitor connector on the back of my IIGS. My question is, will it work on
> the IIGS?

Yep, but you aren't going to get as good a resolution as an RGB unless the
composite is very high bandwith i.e. greater than
about 30 MHz the Amdek 300 got up to about that.

>
> My manuel is buryed somewhere in the basement, which I haven't gotten
> around to unpacking since the room the IIGS was in was redecorated, so I
> can't check it at the moment, but I remember something about not being
> able to use composite monitors. If that's the case, what's the round
> monitor port for?
>
> Also, will this affect the colorswitch capability of the PC Transporter
> card I've got?

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