sajima@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Takahiro Sajima) (02/16/90)
Hi folks, I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse, but I'm new to ST's - ich bin neu hier. I'll keep this short. I understand that ST monitors come in two flavors - color and monochrome. Monochrome has high resolution (good text, but can't run anything written for the color monitor), and that color has medium (?) resolution (garbage text - no offense intended. Has impressive color graphics). I'd REALLY hate to have two monitors sitting on my desk. In other words, I want a monitor that can handle BOTH color and monochrome capabilities with a switch to select one of the modes. On an unrelated note, if the monitor can also accept TV/VCR signals, that would be nice too :-). I heard that someone on this newsgroup is very happy with a Magnavox monitor; what's the model? Any other suggestions are appreciated. /Taka Sajima sajima@watsun.cc.columbia.edu P.S. I'd also welcome any interesting tidbits, tips, horror stories, work-arounds, etc. Thanks. ( ( ( (((( IN STEREO )))) ) ) ) Where available
boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (02/17/90)
In article <9002160814.AA13241@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>, sajima@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Takahiro Sajima) writes: > >Hi folks, > I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse, but I'm new to ST's - >ich bin neu hier. I'll keep this short. > > I understand that ST monitors come in two flavors - color and >monochrome. Monochrome has high resolution (good text, but can't run >anything written for the color monitor), and that color has medium (?) >resolution (garbage text - no offense intended. Has impressive color >graphics). I'd REALLY hate to have two monitors sitting on my desk. In >other words, I want a monitor that can handle BOTH color and monochrome >capabilities with a switch to select one of the modes. On an unrelated >note, if the monitor can also accept TV/VCR signals, that would be nice >too :-). I heard that someone on this newsgroup is very happy with a >Magnavox monitor; what's the model? Any other suggestions are >appreciated. > >/Taka Sajima >sajima@watsun.cc.columbia.edu E.A. Brown offers two different interface boards that one can use to hook up a Multi-sync monitor to the ST. The output for color is superior, the output for mono is good but not quite as nice as an ST mono (one must view everything through the color mask, which slightly blurs the mono image). Very acceptable though, well worth it if you have the cash for the monitor itself. Costs for both are under $100, one is a multi-function switchbox (drives, monitors, audio & composite outs, etc), the other is strictly for the multi-sync connection (this one is about $50, I think). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey Boyd | "Nobody can be exactly like me. FSU Computer Science | Even I have trouble doing it." mail: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | - Tallulah Bankhead ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) (02/19/90)
In article <9002160814.AA13241@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>, sajima@WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Takahiro Sajima) writes: > > I understand that ST monitors come in two flavors - color and > monochrome. Monochrome has high resolution (good text, but can't run > anything written for the color monitor), and that color has medium (?) > resolution (garbage text - no offense intended. Has impressive color > graphics). I'd REALLY hate to have two monitors sitting on my desk. In The Multisync monitors need an adapter cable, but do COLOR very well, and MONO quite well. (I biased and prefer Monochrome for MONO; but my friends ar happy with Multisync). THen all you need is to switch the switch. PS. COLOR does very well on text. Sure better than CGA on IBM. Howard C. Johnson ATT Bell Labs =====NEW address==== att!lzsc!hcj hcj@lzsc.att.com