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After I got my own 386 and didn't use my old Apple II, I still used the monochrome Monitor II. I set it beside my 12" color TV, with my SNES plugged into it, so I could play SimCity and watch cartoons at the same time.
I've been multimon for *decades*. awoo.space/media/1f6bWdVD7o8Cn

@Mycroft My first computer was a TI-99/4A, but my second was my father's Actrix – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actrix_% – to which he had added an external amber monochrome monitor that had a composite connection.

When the house TV was in use, I would redirect the NES to that nearby monitor so I could play NES games when taking breaks from doing homework on the Actrix.

Sure, monochrome isn't optimal for games, but I got to see the "secret" overscan areas!

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