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From: jmt@apple.com (Michael Tindell)
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Subject: Re: Convert Mac II color monitor into TV set??!!
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Date: 25 Apr 89 20:46:04 GMT
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In article <57811@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU 
(Rob Jellinghaus) writes:
> So the question is:  are there any magic boxes that I can plug this 
monitor
> into on one end, and plug an NTSC input into the other end, and be able 
to
> watch the video?  (I know I'll still need a separate speaker for the 
sound,

This would require a scan rate converter (not a cheap, off-the-shelf 
item).  The problem is that NTSC video is ~30 frames/s interlaced and the 
Mac II monitor runs at 67 frames/s non-interlaced.

An alternatice would be using one of the multiscan monitors that are 
aournd.