Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!MACALSTR.EDU!SHBOUM From: SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: RF modulator question Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 91 12:33:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 On Saturday January 19, Dave Shaffer asks > I have an Apple IIe with a monochrome monitor. I was thinking of > using a color TV as an alternate monitor for applications that > would be appropriate for a color screen. The manual says I would > need a radio-frequency (RF) modulator "which you can purchase > from your Apple dealer." What exactly does such a device do, what > do they cost, and what alternate sources are there? Are there pros > and cons in using one? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! As in an earlier message, you can get them from any apple dealer or Radio Shack "America's favorite store for junk shopping." But if your television has a video line in jack, all you have to buy is an RCA cable and connect the video out in the IIe to the video in on the TV. I hooked in my IIGS through my 20' television this way. It didn't look too bad either!!! {Although the white pilliars in the Chicago mansion looked like Disco lights!} Even a couple of the 3200 color pics came out with repectable quality. {But this was a good television too...} However, all in all, while this does provide a cheaper color monitor for your IIe, in the end, you get what you pay for - a cheap color monitor.