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12" or so Composite monitor

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Chromedome45

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Looking to get a 12" or so Green screen monochrome composite monitor. Preferably in good shape. If anyone has something like this let me know. :)
 
I'm sure I have one , but:

1) I'm not sure if I have anything to test it with, and,

2) I don't know how it could be shipped since I'm not familiar with packing this sort of delicate thing. :)

So, if I'm able to get it tested can someone clue me in on how to repack a monitor for shipping?

I've got a really nice 12" paper white VGA that I know I could test.
 
I believe the first rule of packing a monitor or alike is to use double boxes. One smaller box in which the monitor is fixated with some padding, then a larger box to put the smaller box inside, again with generous amounts of padding.

Coindentally, two weeks ago someone dumped a very nice green phosphor monochrome monitor (w/ inputs for composite and TTL RGBI !!) onto me that I didn't have room for and had to beg several people to take care of it until I found a taker. Too bad I'm overseas from you.
 
Hey Stone, like carlsson said double box and lots of padding. I would prefer a tested monitor. No VGA though but thanks. An old fashioned Green screen composite is all I need. ;) Just a single RCA input jack. If you happen to have an IBM PC with the Color card in it it will have a composite output so you could test the monitor.
 
I find a nice green screen composite monitor is perfect for my older mono micros like the Model 1, System 80, Challenger 1P and of course the Apple IIs.

I wonder if mono composite monitors are starting to become rare these days? They are a necessary part of a lot of older 8-bit computing.

Tez
 
I have the Apple II color monitor - the one with the flip down door in front. Under that door if you push the button it goes to black & white. Too bad it didn't go to green. ;)

It's up for grabs, but would prefer local on it as it's expensive to ship monitors.
 
Chromedome45 said:
Looking to get a 12" or so Green screen monochrome composite monitor. Preferably in good shape. If anyone has something like this let me know. :)
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Well, I've got a few, but I'm not too crazy about packing it and shipping from Canada would probably be even double or more than from the US; hope somebody closer can help you out.
 
Are the Commodore composites any good? Such as the 1702? Yeah I know it's a color monitor but was curious how mono looks on them. And would probably be B&W.
 
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I've found the colour composites to be ok, but nowhere near as crisp as dedicated mono ones. Think CGA-type text (yuk).
 
I used to have a Commodore 1802 monitor. This one had three sources of input: green monochrome, composite and separate (chroma + luma) video. However I believe there may exist many different variants within each model number, in particular across regions so you should look up each monitor separately instead of going by online descriptions. :-(
 
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