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| Apple II Plus- Whats the proper matching monitor | |
| Posted by: CompactMacLover on 2011-08-06 20:17:52 I have a really nice Apple II Plus.. Whats the proper monitor to go with it.. my II Plus has a 1979 Build date. I have a Monitor III that I could use with it | |
| Posted by: theos911 on 2011-08-07 05:35:39 The proper Monitor is your TV. In 1979, apple hadn't introduced a monitor. They introduced the Monitor /// in 1980, so I guess that is the closest. The next best would be a Monitor ][, they came out in 1984 and were retrospectively intended to be the monitor of the ][ line. EDIT- I use an Apple Monochrome Monitor with my IIe, it gets the job done just fine for fiddling with BASIC and such.(My first venture into programming... WOOHOOO) | |
| Posted by: CompactMacLover on 2011-08-07 07:45:06 Looks like I'll be using my monitor /// then. I may hook up a cassette to it as well | |
Posted by: david__schmidt on 2011-08-07 07:47:10I have a really nice Apple II Plus.. Whats the proper monitor to go with it.. my II Plus has a 1979 Build date.This would be the 'proper' monitor.  | |
| Posted by: CompactMacLover on 2011-08-07 08:48:49 I wonder where I could find something like that 😛 that would look good sitting on my desk | |
| Posted by: H3NRY on 2011-08-19 20:06:37 The most common monitor in 1979 was the Sanyo model VM4209 monochrome 9" monitor pictured above. There were no "computer" monitors on the market, and the little Sanyo security monitor was the least expensive and a perfect match for a Disk][ atop your Apple][. Mine pictured here: http://web.me.com/henryspragens/stuff/Photos/Pages/Computers.html#0 In 1980, Sanyo came out with a 15" color monitor which the well-equipped Apple user could buy instead of using a TV with an RF modulator. Those Sanyo color monitors appear all over the sets of Blade Runner, if you want to know what one looks like. The most common screen for early Apples was a TV, though. If you're going for "period correct", look for a 1979 vintage Sony Trinitron or equivalent. | |
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