In continuation of the (occasional) recent discussion of converting the Apple IIgs's RGB video output to VGA for use on a PC-style VGA monitor, there's a new gadget on the market that, although intended for use with RGB output from video game consoles, supposedly handles the IIgs's RGB cleanly... Has anyone had a chance to play with Micomsoft's XRGB-2? I'd love to get my hands on one, but don't have $180+ US to fork out for one right now. If anyone has had the chance to try it, I'd like to know how well it works and if there are any quirks in signal translation. My GS lives in a very tight area on a shelf over my tiny computer desk which holds my dual Mac monitors, one of them VGA. Besides getting clean video from my GS on a larger monitor, and a promise of backward-compatibility from future monitors after my AppleColor RGB craps out, this would be a great solution to my desk-space problem. (For those who care, I've already made an [ADB + analog stereo sound] A/B switch to share one keyboard, mouse, and monitor's built-in speakers between Mac and GS. It works much better than expected.) -- <> Email: mailto:ToasterKing@SPLATbigfoot.com Visit ToasterKingdom at http://SPLATtoasterking.tripod.com/ BTW, there is a review of the Micomsoft XRGB-2 at http://www.atarilabs.com/meat/2001/0120_XRGB2.shtml -- <> Email: mailto:ToasterKing@SPLATbigfoot.com Visit ToasterKingdom at http://SPLATtoasterking.tripod.com/ ToasterKing wrote: > In article , Jason Whorton wrote: > > >>Search back through old posts. Someone has a website showing it or the >>older model with a couple of jagged lines where it didn't matchup 100%on his >>IIGS. > > > Thanks -- found it. It's on Jim Maricondo's site at > http://www.maricondo.org . He tried out the XRGB-2/plus model, though > claimed the older XRGB-2 actually did a better job. He had to make a > funky cable to go from the DB15 on the GS to a 21-pin connector. The > jagged lines aren't bad -- slightly fuzzy if anything. Plus, he was > going from Analog RGB --> Digital RGB --> VGA --> Analog VGA --> > Digital VGA to his LCD which had to display it at a non-native > resolution. I'm planning on using a CRT (analog input and display). > If I ever find one and have the time to tinker, I'll be sure to post on > csa2 and let everyone know how it worked. I just received the following from an inquery: Hello Mike, we have the XRGB-2 Plus systems available today for $189 + shipping; if you are interested in placing an order, you may call us at 718-523-5774 or place an onlne order at the following link: http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/XRGB-2P.html -+- Regards, NCS, Inc Web www.ncsx.com Shop http://www.ncsxshop.com FaQ http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/faq.html