ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Eric W. Douglas) (01/29/91)
In article <1991Jan24.145215.20129@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill) writes: >At Macworld Expo, Scully announced thastandard VGA monitors could be >plugged into and work with the new LC' with a special adapter cable. >The folks working the apple booth couldn't give me the specs for the >cable and none of the aftermarket cable vendors at the show had a clue. >Has anyone actually used a VGA with the LC? Inquiring minds want to know. Then.. Saiid Paryavi (paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu) writes: >Here is the layman's guide to building a cable to connect the LC to standard >VGA monitors: [schematic deleted. available on request] >Put the hoods on and if you did everything right, it should work just fine. >It works good for me. >WARNING: Do this at your own risk. I am not responsible for the acuracy >of the above and I am definately not responsible for whatever goes wrong. What I am wondering is, is that this should work for *any* macintosh with 8bit video, right? I mean the specs for the LC video port would be the same as an 8/24 card, right? So, how come this hasnUt been attempted before, or, if it has, how come it is not public knowledge? I would like anyone who has tried the VGA configuration on the LC, or one who has tried it with an 8, 8/24 card and VGA, to send me mail, and report their results. (i.e. clarity, picture quality, etc.) I have seen VGA monitors considerably cheaper than most mac color monitors, and I beleive this would be highly benificial to a lot of people. I will summarize all responses and post them. Thanks for your time. Eric W. Douglas * internet: ericd@csufres.csufresno.edu Dept. of Computer Science * ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu California State University, Fresno *
leburg@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Brian Pierson) (01/31/91)
Hello Netland, I would have sent email to the original poster but I thought that there might be more interest in it. The febuary COMPUTER SHOPPER has a two page article in it covering how to use multisync VGA monitors. It explains how to make cables for several monitors. The article says that the SI,LC,and CI can run this off the onboard monitor connection. It also states that it will work with the 4/8, 8/24,and the 8/24GC cards. I haven't tried this but plan to. The Shopper is on the newstand now. It does seem to be a well written article. Good luck to those who try Brian Pierson
m_pitt@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au (02/09/91)
Pleas send me the schematic ASP, I am a recent Mac convert who has an IBM NEC 3D I want to connect to an LC, so I can afford to buy it. Thanks Mark Ungoed Pitt Thanks again!!! In article <10381@aggie.ucdavis.edu>, ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Eric W. Douglas) writes: > In article <1991Jan24.145215.20129@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill) writes: >>At Macworld Expo, Scully announced thastandard VGA monitors could be >>plugged into and work with the new LC' with a special adapter cable. >>The folks working the apple booth couldn't give me the specs for the >>cable and none of the aftermarket cable vendors at the show had a clue. >>Has anyone actually used a VGA with the LC? Inquiring minds want to know. > > Then.. Saiid Paryavi (paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu) writes: > >>Here is the layman's guide to building a cable to connect the LC to standard >>VGA monitors: > > [schematic deleted. available on request] > >>Put the hoods on and if you did everything right, it should work just fine. >>It works good for me. > >>WARNING: Do this at your own risk. I am not responsible for the acuracy >>of the above and I am definately not responsible for whatever goes wrong. > > What I am wondering is, is that this should work for *any* macintosh > with 8bit video, right? I mean the specs for the LC video port would be > the same as an 8/24 card, right? So, how come this hasnUt been attempted > before, or, if it has, how come it is not public knowledge? > > I would like anyone who has tried the VGA configuration on the LC, or one > who has tried it with an 8, 8/24 card and VGA, to send me mail, and > report their results. (i.e. clarity, picture quality, etc.) > > I have seen VGA monitors considerably cheaper than most mac color monitors, > and I beleive this would be highly benificial to a lot of people. > > I will summarize all responses and post them. > > Thanks for your time. > > > Eric W. Douglas * internet: ericd@csufres.csufresno.edu > Dept. of Computer Science * ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu > California State University, Fresno *