Re: 12" apple RGB monitor question

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

"Mitchell Spector" <a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote in message
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> wbdesnoy@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill) wrote:
>
> >That said, I have used my IIgs monitor on a Quadra, with a supermac card.
> >It is nowhere near as nice as using a mac monitor, because of the poor
> >resolution and flickering display.  (It was setup for NTSC frequencies.)
>
>     Which SuperMac card? I have a couple here but had no idea they
> could sync down to lower frequencies (I have no Nubus slotted Macs
> to test them in).
>
> >Why it appears so poorly on a Mac while it is fine on a IIgs is for
> >somebody with more experience than I to answer (but I'm guessing that
> >the course graphics on the IIgs has something to do with it).
>
>     The two main reasons have to do with interlacing and resolution.
> The IIgs uses the display in a low-resolution of 320x200 or 640x200
> whereas the Mac 640x400, but the difference here is *interlaced*
> video versus non-interlaced. Interlaced video flickers quite a bit
> and very uneasy on the eyes, to say the least.
>
>     The other issue is the high dot pitch--0.37mm. That makes graphics
> somewhat fuzzy even on the IIgs and certainly enough where 640 mode
> dithering appears to have solid looking colors. By contrast, today's
> average display is around 0.26mm or even lower. And then there's the
> obvious: An 11" viewable area and 60 Hz refresh maximum.
>
> >So not only can't you do it (conveniently), you probably don't want to do
> >it.
>
>     I agree, it's fairly pointless these days to even bother, other
> than for quick testing purposes or novelty sake.
>
>     Especially at a time when 14" SVGA displays are being
> discarded by PC users, who often just throw these out or
> give them away. All you need is a common Mac-to-VGA
> pin adapter to use them on a Macintosh.
>


Where do I get such a cable?  I picked up a Mac IIsi
today but I don't have a monitor.  If I could use a VGA
style monitor, it would be good.  However I used the
HD and some of the RAM to get my Classic II going.

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