Is It Possible To Adapt The Composite Output On An ESP32 Softcard To Apple RGB Monitor?

[mcbeav]

I want to put an ESP32 Softcard in my IIGS, but I don't want to switch monitors, or have a secondary monitor. I'd like to be able to use my Apple RGB monitor with the ESP32 Softcard. Is it possible to adapt composite output from the ESP32 Softcard to the Apple RGB monitor?

 

[a2fan]

Not easily. Either way, you have 2 bad choices -- find an old monitor like a Sony Trinitron or studio monitor that supports 15.75 kHz horizontal and has multiple video inputs (RGB, NTSC...) OR an OLD video media distribution switch.

 

[Byrd]

What's the monitor? If the later Apple RGB monitor (often seen in IIGS), there are adapters to convert the DB15 signal into composite or RGB composite or DIY.

Other option is the cheap Apple II to HDMI video cards out there.

 

[mcbeav]

What's the monitor? If the later Apple RGB monitor (often seen in IIGS), there are adapters to convert the DB15 signal into composite or RGB composite or DIY.

Other option is the cheap Apple II to HDMI video cards out there.

Yeah it's the monitor you typically see with a IIGS, it's the Apple 12" RGB A2M6014 Monitor. The IIGS has composite output, so I could just use the RCA out on the IIGS to the passthrough on the ESP32 card and then I would just have to convert the RCA / composite output on the ESP32 card to the DB15 RGB connection the monitor takes, and I think that looks relatively easy to do with an adapter, but I have not tried the composite output on the IIGS. I've read that the quality is abysmal compared to using the DB15 RGB output.