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From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: //e Color Composite Monitors
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Date: 30 Nov 88 21:44:19 GMT
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About your conflicting advice on color monitors:  

Both sides are right, sort of...

Any NTSC composite color monitor will attach easily to the Apple //e
and give you great color.  What most cannnot do is display a clear 80
column text screen.  If you word process in 80 columns or use a
terminal emulator or otherwise use the 80 column text screen a lot,
most composite color monitors will not suffice.

The Apple mornitor is a special relatively high resolution hybrid
monitor that does a good job at both 80 column text and color.

Your choices are:

1: B+W monitor for text plus TV and RF mod for color
2: B+W Monitor for text plus composite color monitor 
3: Apple's Color composite monitor for both
4: An Apple //e RGB board and an RGB monitor.

They go from lowest quality/cost to highest, with #3 being the most
common solution.

Seymour