I may have a source for several Apple IIC+. Sony monitors that I placed in a school. Not sure what they did with them, but they are mine, along with a dozen or so RCA monitors. We still have one or two teachers that are using their Apple IIes. Dale ----- Original Message ----- From: Antonio Rodr�guez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Apple2list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Apple IIc +(color monitor?) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:57:14 +0200
> > I can't say for sure for the //c+, but I'd bet it's the same as the //c. The //c > has two video ports: a *monochrome* composite output in the form of an RCA, and > a custom audio/video connector in the form of a DB-15, *incompatible* both with > the //gs and the Mac II's video ports. The DB-15 port had analogue audio and > monochrome video signals, plus the raw digital signal from the video circuits > and several memory and video timming signals. Taken together, they could be used > to add video circuitry outside the case to expand the //c's video capabilities > and use different kinds of monitors. AFAIK, there were at least three kinds of > adapters/devices that plugged into that port. One was included with the //c (at > least with *my* //c): a composite color video generator and RF modulator in a > single "backpack" that fitted over the connector. Other was the //c's LCD > monitor (it got both video signals and power from that connector). And there was > also an adapter that allowed to use //gs-style RGB monitors. > > Answering in short: if you only have the //c, you can use it with any composite > monitor or TV set with video input, but you will only get black and white (i.e., > no grays). If you have the "backpack", you can use any composite monitor or TV > as a grayscale or color display. And with the RGB adapter, you will be able to > use any //gs color monitor. Of course, color TVs often don't have enough video > bandwidth and tube quality to sharply display 80-column text or black and white > DHGR graphics, but will be nice anough for playing games :-) . > > About the RAM expansion board for the //c, I think they show from time to time > at eBay, most times as 256 kb boards expandable to 1 Mb. If that's the case, > you'll have to buy the board and then get the chips to fill it to it's full > capacity (they doesn't take SIMMs!). > > Greetings, > > Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan) > <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/> > > Nat ha escrito: > > > Speaking of the Apple IIC+... > > > > What kind of monitors can I use with an Apple IIc+? I would like to hook up > > something better than the 9" "green-screen" monochrome monitor that is > > usually standard. I don't really care about size, I just want to have > > color. Keep in mind that I know nothing about what kind of video outputs > > the IIc+ has (I haven't received it yet). > > > > Currently the only Apple II's I've ever owned have been IIgs's. I don't > > know much about the older systems, except that we used Apple IIe's in school > > when I was young and one of my friends during that period had an Apple IIc. > > His had that 9" green-screen. > > > > anyway, as I understand things, it *is* possible to hook up some sort of > > color monitor to a IIc, but I've been told the color RGB monitor from a IIGS > > won't work. Were there special IIc-only color monitors for these things? > > What kind of video out connections does the IIc+ have? > > > > also, how difficult is it to find the RAM expansion that boosts the IIc+ up > > to the 1MB maximum? > > > > Thanks, > > Nat > > > > -- > Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > "Playing the harp is more productive than waging war." Eladicious 31:1 (2003) www.dalehill.us -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
