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From: cs132096@cslab5g.cs.brown.edu (Heng-Yi Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PC compatible monitors for the Mac II?
Keywords: monitor, Mac II
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Date: 2 May 90 20:05:13 GMT
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Afternoon, netters!

I would like to have some information on hooking up PC compatible
monitors (mutliscan? multisync?) for the Mac IIs. 

I have a IIcx with Apple's high resoluton (8-bit) video card that I am
taking home (Taiwan) with me for the summer.  I was planning to purchase
a new 13" RGB monitor from the Apple dealer in my home area so I
wouldn't need to carry or ship my exsiting monitor, thus avoiding
the chance of damages.

However, the Apple dealer in my home area does not sell monitor only.
They want me to buy the whole system, priced at over $10,000 for a
IIcx with 4 mb RAM, 80 mb HD, and Apple 13" RGB monitor.  Talk about
ripping people off!  How wrong I was to assume Apple's reducing prices
in Asia would benefit me!!!

Since PC's monitors (those manufactured by NEC, Panasonic, and etc)
can be acquired relatively trouble-free, I am thinking about hooking
up a one of those beasties to the IIcx. However, I do not know too
much about these monitors.  Can this be done?  What kind of monitors
have people used with the Apple video card successfully?  What about
cabling?  I am looking for something with high resolution and in the
range of 13" to 16".  Any information would be greatly appreciated.

-Heng
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  Heng-Yi Lin | Class of 1992 | Brown University Computer Science Department
  Until May 17, 1990: cs132096@cs.brown.edu | cs132096@browncs.bitnet
  Until May 17, 1992: st702478@brownvm.brown.edu | st702478@brownvm.bitnet
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