stoll@tcville.HAC.COM (Kurt Stoll) (12/03/89)
I'm looking for some help/advice on Mac video cards. I've got a Mac II and an NEC MultiSync XL. I need a video card which will allow me to use the NEC monitor with my Mac II. The NEC MultiSync XL is designed for use with (and comes with a video card for) the IBM PC. It is a 19" monitor which will display 2^24 colors and up to 1024 x 768 pixels. And, as the name implies, it is a multisynch monitor, so it can handle a wide range of horizontal and vertical synch rates (although, I do not know its bounds right now). What I'm looking for is a video card which will give me as much resolution as possible, preferably the full 1024 x 768. I like color, but it's not necessary (I know: what a waste of a good monitor). Finally, the card must be available for under $1000. I've tried several computer stores. They're either too narrow minded (we don't sell NEC monitors) or too ignorant (you can't use that monitor with a Mac) or both. I even tried calling RasterOps (yes, we have frame grabbers for the Mac, but what is a video card?), and NEC (sure, we have a video card for that monitor; is the Macintosh an AT-style or MicroChannel bus?). I'm certain that there are several video cards which do what I want, but I can't find them. All help will be appreciated. Thanx, kurt stoll (no .sig yet)