[comp.sys.mac] MacII Monitors Resolutions?

sierra@ati.tis.llnl.gov (Frankie Sierra) (02/05/88)

Is it posible to use a monitor designed or advertised to work with
the MacII standard 640x400 resolution, with a video card that delivers
higher resolutions (say 1024x1024)?

Frankie Sierra
sierra@ati.tis.llnl.gov

dlw@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (David Williams) (02/06/88)

Frankie Sierra Writes:

>Is it posible to use a monitor designed or advertised to work with
>the MacII standard 640x400 resolution, with a video card that delivers
>higher resolutions (say 1024x1024)?
 
Well I believe that supermacs hi end video cards will drive say the apple
monitor at either 640*480 or 1024*768. I am refering to the Spectrum/24
card.

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gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (02/08/88)

SuperMac's latest advertisement shows 4 separate color monitors all
being driven by the same spectrum display card.  If you look closely
at the AppleColor monitor, you may notice the display overscans at the
right & bottom edges!  In fact, it looks like the monitor only displays
the top left corner of a 19" (1024*768) picture!

This is sort of like the inverse of the problem Mac II programs have
with Mac128 programs sticking in the upper left of the screen!  Has
anyone on the net *used* supermac's display with an Apple (or a
multiscan) monitor?  Are there any problems, like not being able to
grab the trashcan because it's off the bottom-right corner of the screen?

Another question: Stepping Out II, by Berkeley system design, has just
been released.  This program, which creates & manipulates a virtual
desktop to enlarge the screen, now supports the Mac II.  Has anyone
tried it on a Mac II?  Does it work well?

Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
            {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}