Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mb2c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!mb2c!megcng From: megcng@mb2c.UUCP (Carter Grabarczyk) Newsgroups: net.micro.apple,net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: RGB Monitor compatible with Apple IIe & Amiga Message-ID: <277@mb2c.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 22:33:38 EDT Article-I.D.: mb2c.277 Posted: Fri Oct 4 22:33:38 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 14:38:58 EDT References: <1162@ames.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Michigan Bell, Southfield, MI Lines: 49 Xref: watmath net.micro.apple:2199 net.micro.amiga:311 > 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.