[comp.sys.mac.programmer] Mac II monitors

tarr-michael@CS.YALE.EDU (michael tarr) (10/25/90)

I have some code which should run only when a macII monitor is present.
Is it sufficient to check for the presence of colorQD or is there
another system call necessary -- I suppose I could use sysEnvirons() and
then setup the code depending on which machine is returned... Any
suggestions?

BTW Does the SE/30 have colorQD?

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d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) (10/26/90)

In article <26919@cs.yale.edu> tarr-michael@CS.YALE.EDU (michael tarr) writes:

>I have some code which should run only when a macII monitor is present.

Why is this ? There are zillions of different cards available
for the Mac II, some of them quite exotic in configuration, but
all of them compatible with QuickDraw. Also, what is a "mac II
monitor" ? There are as many monitors as there are cards...

>BTW Does the SE/30 have colorQD?

Yes it has.

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ag3j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Adam C. Gross) (10/27/90)

When you say "Mac II monitor", do you mean a 13" screen, colorQD, or both?

The SE/30 does have ColorQD, as does the LC (which doesn't normally use
a 13" screen), and who knows what the Classic has in its 512k ROMs..

I would definitely use a sysEnvirons call or just check the grapPort to
see how big the screen is...


Adam C. Gross
Carnegie Mellon University