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From: clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Advice sought for "cheap" color monitors
Summary: those darn spec sheets...
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Date: 2 Nov 90 15:04:25 GMT
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In article <1990Oct30.083652.16829@world.std.com> boris@world.std.com 
(Boris Levitin) writes:
>
>First, if you wish to find a monitor to work with the on-board 8-bit color
>on the Mac IIsi, the LC or, for that matter, the IIci, be warned that the on-
>board video on these machines will work ONLY with Apple-labeled monitors.
>
> [ stuff omitted ]
>  
>There are also the Sony CPD-1302 and CPD-1304 (note that, while Sony makes
>Apple's 13" monitor, the monitors that come under its own label will not
>work with the LC's, IIsi's or IIci's on-board video).  These five monitors
>
> [ more stuff omitted ]

Waitaminnit, waitaminnit... ONLY Apple monitors?  From the si spec sheet:

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MONITORS:
* Supports four Apple color and monochrome monitors, as well as some
  third party monitors, including:
  (list of four Apple monitors here)
* When equipped with a video expansion card, supports other Apple and
  non-Apple monitors; see your authorized Apple dealers for details.
--------------

That SEEMS to imply that SOME third-party monitors will work with the built-
in video on the si. Am I misreading? Is Apple (or their copywriters) being
shifty?  (Hmm, as I read through this thing, I find two other references
to video--one which seems to say yes, the other, no. Here they are:)

---------------
...The Macintosh IIsi comes with built-in support for four Apple monitors
as well as third-party monitors, so you can choose the monitor that best
suits your needs--then simply plug it in. IN ADDITION [emphasis added], by
adding a video expansion card, you can use any other Apple or third-party
monitor with the Macintosh IIsi... 
---------------

but...

---------------
* Multiple monitor options including:
  - Built-in video support for four Apple monitors: (listed)
  - Support for other Apple or third-party monitor that requires a video
    expansion card
---------------

... which would seem to say that ONLY Apple monitors work with the built-in
video.  Arrgghhh.

Boris, do you know fer sure that's the case?  I had assumed that the built-
in would work with third-party multisyncs, but now I'm utterly confused.

--Kathy



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