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From: megcng@mb2c.UUCP (Carter Grabarczyk)
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Subject: Re: RGB Monitor compatible with Apple IIe & Amiga
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 22:33:38 EDT
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> Here's the problem:
> 
> I would like to have an RGB monitor that I could you with an Apple
> IIe and, hopefully in the not-too-distant future, an Amiga.  Given
> that both computers begin with "A", this shouldn't be too hard.  But
> seriously....
> 
> 1) I've heard that Amiga developers like the Sony KV-1311CR monitor, but
>    I've also heard that special cables are needed.  So, I'm wondering:
> 
>    a) is it hard to find adapter cables (and is this all that you need
>       to do to make the Sony work with the Amiga)?
> 
>    b) is there an RGB card available to interface the Sony with the Apple
>       IIe?
> 
> 2) Has anyone out there had any experience with the Apple 100 RGB monitor?
>    Would it work with the Amiga?
> 
> 3) Is there a different monitor I should be considering instead?
> 
> 4) Will Commodore develop an Apple emulator so I can just trash the IIe
>    or is IBM the only machine worth emulating?
> 
> 5) What is the meaning of life?
> 
> I would appreciate answers to any of the above, but keep it brief on #5.
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
>                                Mary K. Kaiser
>                                ames!aurora!moose@RIACS.ARPA
>                                (415) 694-6789
>                                NASA Ames Research Center
>                                Mail Stop 239-3
>                                Moffett Field, CA  94035

Well, I can't tell you the meaning of life but I can say a little about
the Apple 100 RGB monitor. I'm using it with a //e and an RGB driver
daughter board that plugs into the Applied Engineering RAMWORKS card.
As to the monitor itself, resolution is pretty decent-- 25 Mhz bandwidth
and 80 columns looks pretty good. Dot pitch is .38mm, the high end of
the acceptable range. An absolutely useless *feature* is the motorized
tilt screen. I would rather have had an audio amp/ speaker. The colors
however look a little muddy (due to choice of phosphors?). When I was
shopping around I heard that the Taxan 420 had more brilliant colors 
but I couldn't find one on display to compare with the Apple. As I
got mine for $416, I'm relatively happy; if I had to pay the full
$600 list price I would have looked harder for the Taxan.