![]() The RCA connector can either output composite video (which seems pointless, since the IIc already outputs composite video via its own RCA jack), or audio (which also seems pointless – there’s a headphone jack on every IIc, but admittedly, not on the IIc+). The plastic box also contains an RCA connector next to the VGA port, and a pushbutton next to the ribbon cable connector. I think this is a better arrangement overall, even if it is less compact and makes your IIc slightly less transportable. A competing product, Nishida Radio’s occasionally available Apple IIc VGA Adapter, is a bare circuit board that lies almost flush to the back of the IIc (good!), but forces an awkward VGA cable connection that applies a lot of stress to the IIc Video Expansion Port jack and the circuit board (bad!). While this sounds like a lot to connect to a IIc in theory, in practice, the hardware is out of sight behind the computer, and the box and ribbon connector serves as a good strain-relief solution for typically thick, heavy, and inflexible VGA cables. The Apple IIc VGA adapter consists of a 2.5”x2.5”x1” plastic box, with an HD15 VGA connector on one side that you plug a VGA monitor into, and with a DB15 connector on the other side that you connect to the Apple IIc Video Expansion Port on the back of your IIc via the included short ribbon cable. ![]() If you’re looking to upgrade from a green-screen, or replace a broken or missing monochrome Monitor IIc with something easier to obtain today, then you need the Apple IIc VGA. Fast forward to 2016, where combining these attributes is possible thanks to A2Heaven’s Apple IIc VGA adapter, which also allows some extra display perks Woz would never have dreamed of back then, like flat-panel LCD technology, and instantly switchable video modes. The perfect monitor was hard to come by for your brand-new Apple IIc in 1984: it just wasn’t possible to combine sharp 80-column text, vibrant colors, and low cost in one monitor.
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