Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: mac LC w/ VGA monitor? Message-ID: Date: 25 Jan 91 13:15:24 GMT References: <1991Jan24.145215.20129@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <1908@gold.gvg.tek.com> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 67 In article <1908@gold.gvg.tek.com> brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested) writes: > > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But according to Apple, everything is inferior to their products. > >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 agree. But don't forget the cables need to be change to be compatible with a Mac. >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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, let's see. VGA is analog, Mac color video is analog. Analog color is limited by the graphics card not the monitor. I'll bet on it. THe reason some VGA monitors won't work is that they won't sync to the same freq. as monitor made especially for a Mac. Just about all the analog multiscanning/multifrequency monitors should work. >Caveat emptor Always!!! > > > >============================================================================== >BRANDON G. LOVESTED ::::=:::==::===:==== FOR EVERY VISION, >Software Design Engineer ::::=:::==::===:==== THERE IS AN >Grass Valley Group ::::=:::==::===:==== EQUAL AND OPPOSITE >brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com ::::=:::==::===:==== REVISION. >============================================================================== -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */