Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!joseph From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: //e Color Composite Monitors Message-ID:Date: 30 Nov 88 21:44:19 GMT References: <4114@watvlsi.waterloo.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 25 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