carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) (01/31/91)
I want an LC. I want the cheapest (initial) outlay possible. I can get the LC on the educational program (I think), so I'm considering buying a no-harddrive system and no monitor, then adding some borrowed stuff to make do until I buy it, as follows: 1: disk drive - I can borrow a Rodime 60M generic SCSI drive from work. I've got the formatter software and have used these drives as external upgrades for Plusses and SEs, so I know they work on Macs, BUT: a: will a generic half-height SCSI drive fit inside the LC case? Or is it the si that's space-limited for the disk drive? b: will the LC have enough power to run it? (~10W) 2: I own an older NEC Multisync running EGA duty on my PC. I've run VGA cards in other PCs driving the same-vintage monitor with no real problem, so: a: Will the older NEC Multisync be happy with the LC builtin video? b: Anybody know the cable formula? FYI, the connector on these monitors is a DB-9 looking beast, not the high-density 15-pin usually found on VGA monitors. I can get the adaptor plug from 9-pin to 15-high-density, but if I'm building the cable, I'd rather go directly into the 9-pin. -- Carl Paukstis |"Thus be it ever when freemen must stand Spokane, WA USA | 'tween their 'loved home and war's desolation" Phone: +1 509 927-5439 | -- Francis Scott Key Mail: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com | My employer claims no responsibility...
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (02/01/91)
In article <3011@isc-br.ISC-BR.COM> carlp@frigg.UUCP (Carl Paukstis) writes: >I want an LC. I want the cheapest (initial) outlay possible. >I can get the LC on the educational program (I think), so I'm >considering buying a no-harddrive system and no monitor, then adding >some borrowed stuff to make do until I buy it, as follows: > >1: disk drive - I can borrow a Rodime 60M generic SCSI drive from work. > I've got the formatter software and have used these drives as external > upgrades for Plusses and SEs, so I know they work on Macs, BUT: > a: will a generic half-height SCSI drive fit inside the LC case? Nope. > b: will the LC have enough power to run it? (~10W) Nope. >2: I own an older NEC Multisync running EGA duty on my PC. I've run > VGA cards in other PCs driving the same-vintage monitor with no > real problem, so: > a: Will the older NEC Multisync be happy with the LC builtin video? Yes, given the right cable. (and I don't know what that is) -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.