Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!ganymede!terre.DMI.USherb.CA!mazu From: mazu@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Marc Mazuhelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Non-Apple monitors with IIsi built-in video Message-ID: <1990Dec7.140506.11424@DMI.USherb.CA> Date: 7 Dec 90 14:05:06 GMT Sender: usenet@DMI.USherb.CA (Pour courrier Usenet) Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: terre.dmi.usherb.ca Hi there everyone! I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before, but I either didn't pay enough attention to the subject or I missed it. Is it true that only Apple monitors work with the built-in video of a IIsi? I'm thinking about getting a IIsi with a 13" color monitor. I know the 13" high-resolution RGB monitor (the old one, *not* the new 12" - not enough resolution) is the best buy if you don't consider the cost, but unfortunately we're in the real world and my bank account has convinced me that I have to consider the price ... A friend of mine has a Seiko 13" color monitor on his SE/30. It's driven by a Micron card that supports the Apple monitor, so it "emulates" the Apple monitor enough to be driven by SE/30 (and also Nubus) cards that drive the Apple monitor. Even so, I think I read somewhere that some signals would be missing (the signals that respond when the monitor is asked to identify itself so the built-in video can ajust to the type of terminal connected). Is this true or is there a way to make the Seiko monitor work with the IIsi? I also remember reading on the net about problems to make a non-Apple full page display work on a IIsi, even though it worked perfectly on a IIci which (supposedly) has the same built-in video circuitery as the IIsi. Can anyone shed some light on this confusing issue? Thank you very much for your help! -- { Marc Mazuhelli | professeur } { internet: mazu@dmi.USherb.CA | Departement de math-info. } { | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada }