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From: brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: mac LC w/ VGA monitor?
Message-ID: <1908@gold.gvg.tek.com>
Date: 24 Jan 91 17:59:41 GMT
References: <1991Jan24.145215.20129@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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		Macintosh VGA compatibility...

I called up Apple technical support, and they didn't have a clue, either.
They had never heard of such a thing, and assumed I did not know what I was
talking about.  So, I called John Sculley's office.  Naturally, he could not
talk with me, however, I was transferred to PR.  Joy.  PR was busy typing
up Sculley's speech (from MacWorld, presumably), and would get back to me 
the next day.  That was last Friday.  


If you have access to MacWeek, check out the January 22, 1991 issue.  There's
an article on page 6 entitled, 

	"LC suports many VGA monitors,
	 but 'it's a buyer-beware thing.' "

Supposedly, the color correctness, sharpness, or overall "neato appearance" of
VGA monitors is inferior to the Mac Applecolor RGB 13"...according to Apple.

Among those companies whose monitors worked with the LC:
	IBM
	Commodore
	Dell
	Tandy

Do not buy one unless you've tried it out with an LC beforehand!
I do not know how the 512K VRAM chip plays into all of this.  An
assumption would be, if 512k VRAM chip with a VGA monitor, then
256 colors.  I wouldn't bet on it.
Caveat emptor



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