From: schmidtd@my-deja.com   
      
   On 3/20/23 2:57 PM, MummyChunk wrote:   
   > A collegue has an old Apple II computer that they inherited from their   
   > grandfather. It still works fine, but the original monitor is broken   
   > and they want to use it with a modern monitor.   
      
   It will be significant which Apple II exactly they have.  Some of the   
   earliest ones (pre-II-plus, early II-plus) will be grotty looking even   
   if you take my advice and find a TV (even an LCD TV) with composite-in   
   and use that.  The later II line (IIe, IIc, and IIgs) won't struggle   
   quite as hard to project an image on a modern, more finicky LCD TV.  The   
   Apple II line all took "liberties" with signal timing, and early TV   
   technology was much more forgiving of those transgressions.   
      
   So that's my advice at the end of the day - find a cheap LCD TV (or,   
   heck, use any tube TV still in the basement) that has a composite-in   
   jack.  Unless it's a multifunction monitor or smart (or dumb) TV, it   
   won't likely stoop all the way down to composite-in.  You will find no   
   joy with an el-cheapo VGA monitor.   
      
   Do they still have a VCR in the attic?  That can sometimes be used to   
   cleanse/condition a composite signal a bit on its way to the TV (or   
   serve as an intermediary to change to another connector type).   
      
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