Re: Help needed with Apple IIgs monitor

["Scrounge Weasel" <piracy@microsoft.com>]

DB15 is what IIgs and Mac used for video connectors.  HD15 is an IBM VGA
connector.  They both have 15 pins, but the HD15 is packed with a higher
density than the DB15.
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\o o o o o o o o/   \   o o o o o   /
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      DB15                 HD15

"Mike Pratt" <mike124404@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "Scrounge Weasel" wrote:
>
> >Sorry, man.  I had one of those, too, but the sync frequency for that
> >monitor is twice what the IIgs puts out.  You're out of luck, unless you
get
> >some extra hardware in between the IIgs and the monitor, which isn't
worth
> >the money at all.
>
> Darn.  Then I guess I'll get rid of it.  I got it for free anyway.  The
monitor
> that came with my IIgs still works, but I wanted a new one because one of
the
> adjustment dials on the side of the monitor is pushed in farther than it
should
> be, and I'm afraid that it might fall into the monitor and cause a short
> circuit.  I have gotten instructions on how to fix it, so I guess I'll try
to
> fix it.
>
> >I found that the NEC Multisync 2A works with the IIgs, though, with
nothing
> >but a DB15-HD15 adapter.
>
> OK, I'm going to ask a dumb question:  What is a DB15-HD15 adaptor?  Is
this
> just some kind of cable?
>
> Mike Pratt
>
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