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From: jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.video
Subject: Mac II monitor--indispensable?
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Date: 2 May 89 20:56:54 GMT
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Reply-To: jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
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Well, I have a Mac II with Apple's color monitor, and it sure is beyootiful.
But it can't be a TV set.  And I don't want to buy a TV because having both
a Mac II monitor *and* a TV set in my small dorm room would be kind of silly.

I posted a while ago asking what I can do and the responses fell into three
categories:

1) Buy a box to convert NTSC into 66.7-Hz refresh analog RGB.  The only
problem: the boxes cost >$1,000.  Out of my range.

2) Buy a card for the II that will convert NTSC into Mac-displayable video.
(Like one of the image-capture cards.)  Problems: very expensive, and the
frame rate is only about 17 frames/sec.  Besides, I don't need my Mac II to
be able to capture video, so why pay more for the capability?  All I want
is to have one monitor that can both work with the II and behave as a TV
set.

3) Sell my Mac II monitor and buy a Sony KV1311-CR monitor, which has both
NTSC in and analog RGB in.  I'll have to build a custom cable, but a kind
soul sent me all the pinout info.  This looks like what I will do.  BUT:

Has anyone out there got a system like this?  How much worse does the display
get if you bag the Apple monitor and hook up a multisync monitor?  Would I
be able to live with it?  Anyone who has done this, please let me know what
your experience has been, before I go and sell my current monitor... thanks!
(And are there any other approaches I don't know about?  Tell me!)

Rob Jellinghaus                | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a
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