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Title: Apple lle color display
Post by: bettablue on Sun, 03 April 2011, 07:58:29

So, I have a nice Apple lle with a monochrome display.  The lle comes with a color video controller preinstalled but for some strange reason, they decided to ship the computers with a green monochromatic display.  I want color.  Does anyone have a line on one I could purchase?  Working ones only please.


I'm also looking for a super cerial card and memory upgrades.  

TIA.

Title: Apple lle color display
Post by: Hak Foo on Sun, 03 April 2011, 16:52:43

A cheaper (or at least smaller) option may involve buying a scan-converter box (takes in the Apple video format, outputs VGA).  You may also be able to plumb it to composite in on a recent TV.

Possibly of interest:

http://www.applefritter.com/node/2295

I found you could get away rigging a fair number of the old consoles and home computers to the composite-in on a TV tuner card too, but often recent cards do a lot of heavy lifting aimed at simplifying recording the signal, which injects nasty games.  Not much fun when the picture trails the action by 3 seconds!

Title: Apple lle color display
Post by: bettablue on Mon, 04 April 2011, 10:46:37

Quote from: Hak Foo;323920

A cheaper (or at least smaller) option may involve buying a scan-converter box (takes in the Apple video format, outputs VGA).  You may also be able to plumb it to composite in on a recent TV.

Possibly of interest:

http://www.applefritter.com/node/2295

I found you could get away rigging a fair number of the old consoles and home computers to the composite-in on a TV tuner card too, but often recent cards do a lot of heavy lifting aimed at simplifying recording the signal, which injects nasty games.  Not much fun when the picture trails the action by 3 seconds!

Hmm.  That sounds interesting.  I'll certainly think about that as an option.  However, if at possible, I want to stay with an original Apple display made for the Apple ll.  I am currently using an old TV for now, and it's working fine.

Title: Apple lle color display
Post by: kps on Mon, 04 April 2011, 11:27:39

Unless you have the optional digital RGB card, you want the AppleColor Composite Monitor IIe. Home users generally used televisions, though.

Title: Apple lle color display
Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 04 April 2011, 21:39:21

IMO, green-and-black is right.  I learned programming on an IIe with a black-and-green monitor.