sysadmin@pnet91.uucp (Matthew Montano) (10/29/90)
If anyone is REALLY interested in avoiding the purchase of Apple Computer Inc's products, especially Apple monitors.. please read on. I was thoroughly dissappointed that Apple's new monitors for the LC/si worked at a different frequency than the IIgs. I'm no hardware techie wiz, but what would of it of cost Apple in R&D time and production costs to bring that same low-cost (relatively speaking, AppleWise) color monitor to the IIgs. That monochrome monitor would of made a nice alternative to composite displays for many. WELLLL... I finally obtained a "Mac II -> MultiScanning monitor Cable". Basically a cable which goes from the standard connector a MutliScanning (read: IBM VGA monitor) monitor to a DB-15 connector which both the IIgs and the Macintosh sport. Well.. hooking this cable/connector up to the IIgs and a PanaSync produced a wonderful result: A low-cost color option for IIgs owners. It was VERY crisp, and very clear. .29 dot pitch Multi-Scanning 14" Color Monitors are about $200 cheaper on the street up here than Apple's AppleColor RGB Monitor. --- Off note: The final question at the MacWorld/Canada exposition in their "Jepoardy Game" with noted Mac individuals playing was rather ammusing. The answer was: "The first Apple product with the Apple Desktop Bus". No one got the question (answer). It, of course, is the Apple IIgs.. I simply had to grin. Matthew --- Email: pnet91!sysadmin@generic.uucp (most mailers won't barf on that..) My comments aren't even worth a disclaimer...
bh1e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brendan Gallagher Hoar) (10/31/90)
Whre'd you order the Mac II (GS, ahem) --> Multisync cable from? Brendan G. Hoar bh1e+@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon, Inc.
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (10/31/90)
In article <63@generic.UUCP> sysadmin@pnet91.uucp (Matthew Montano) writes: >If anyone is REALLY interested in avoiding the purchase of Apple Computer >Inc's products, especially Apple monitors.. please read on. Thanks for your article.. it was interesting. >I finally obtained a "Mac II -> MultiScanning monitor Cable". Basically a >cable which goes from the standard connector a MutliScanning (read: IBM VGA >monitor) monitor to a DB-15 connector which both the IIgs and the Macintosh >sport. Well.. hooking this cable/connector up to the IIgs and a PanaSync >produced a wonderful result: A low-cost color option for IIgs owners. It was >VERY crisp, and very clear. .29 dot pitch Multi-Scanning 14" Color Monitors >are about $200 cheaper on the street up here than Apple's AppleColor RGB >Monitor. But my question is, does it still have the ugly_annoying Moire patterns that are noticeable especially in the Finder, but also can be seen whenever the screen's the same color. >Email: pnet91!sysadmin@generic.uucp (most mailers won't barf on that..) Well, I think mine would.. Not sure, but to everyone else that was at pnet91, I had to mail them in a form somewhat similar to the following: mail pnet01!pnet91!<username>@somethingIforget (by the way, a way to help find ways to mail people when the mail was bounced back to you is by doing a "telnet jade.berkeley.edu 117".. I have been told that this is used by people all around and will still work even if people are "nowhere near" berkeley) -- /Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ \"If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd be on in prime time."-Lisa Simpson/
bh1e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brendan Gallagher Hoar) (11/01/90)
Sorry, I seem to have lost the ability to send you email... Couldja post the pinout for making a Mac II (GS) -> multiscan cable? Thanks! Brendan G. Hoar bh1e+@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon, Inc.
sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (Matthew Montano) (11/02/90)
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > > But my question is, does it still have the ugly_annoying >Moire patterns that are noticeable especially in the Finder, but also can >be seen whenever the screen's the same color. I couldn't notice the moire patterns on the PanaSync c1393 (?) at all.. People still say mailers still barf on my address, try: sysadmin%pnet91%pnet01@crash.cts.com Matthew > >-- >/Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ >\"If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd be on in prime time."-Lisa Simpson/ --- Email: sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (most mailers won't barf on that..) My comments aren't even worth a disclaimer... pnet91 - 416-237-{1204|0308}. 2400bps only. 1200bps if you do hard breaks.