Re: Can a IIGS monitor be used with a Mac?

[jd-wong@uiuc.edu (Jim Wong)]

In article <4np2sc$311@crcnis3.unl.edu>, gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg
Berigan) wrote:

> try4lor@wolfe.net (Oliver Rokoff) wrote:
> 
> >I have an AppleColor RGB monitor i'd like to connect to a Mac IIsi. Is this
> >possible? A standard 15pin mac cable does't seem to work. All I get is 
> >a black screen. The monitor works fine when connected to the IIGS. Do I 
> >need to build a cable? Any info would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Nope.  I don't think the IIgs's RGB monitor will work with any other
> Apple computer other than the Apple IIgs.

I thought this for a long time; as it turns out, it's incorrect, or so I'm
told.  Allegedly, the _original_ Mac II video card will work with a IIgs
monitor.  I've never tried it, however, not owning one of the video cards
in questions.

-- 
Jim Wong (jd-wong@uiuc.edu)