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From: paulr@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Paul T Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple 8.24 video board - how does it *know* ?
Message-ID: <2763@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 27 May 90 11:17:09 GMT
References: <41382@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: University of Sussex
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From article <41382@apple.Apple.COM>, by marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson):

> There are sense bits in the monitor (not in the cable).
> 

So how do I find out which pins need to be connected in order to make
the video board think it is driving a particular monitor ? Is there
going to be a set of hardware notes available from APDA ?

> I think that this really is a what-monitor-is-connected field.  It will 
> change depending upon what monitor you have connected.
> 

It looks like a scrolling *list*, even though it currently only has one
entry there is plenty of room for more entries in the list. In the
absence of any technical information I guess I'll just have to
experiment...

//Paul

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