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In article <57811@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus) writes:
>Well, this is a nutty question if I've ever heard one, but here goes...
>
>I have a Mac II with a color monitor, which I believe is a monitor very
>similar to one of Sony's multiscan RGB monitors (it has the shadow line
>cast by the support wire inside the tube).  It's a great monitor, but
>there's one problem with it....
>
It isn't a multiscanning monitor.  Sorry
>
>So the question is:  are there any magic boxes that I can plug this monitor
>into on one end, and plug an NTSC input into the other end, and be able to
>watch the video?  (I know I'll still need a separate speaker for the sound,
>and a channel decoder if I want to hook up to cable... any thoughts on
>those while you're at it?)
>
I suspect that any magic box would be more expensive than a 13" color
television.  I say this considering I have looked around for a box
to do the opposite (convert composite to RGB), and I haven't been
able to find anything cheap.
>
>Thanks for listening to this inane query.  Now tell me... is it possible?
>
>
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