Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!agate!fugitive.berkeley.edu!izumi From: izumi@fugitive.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Cheap color, HEY NeXT (was: GETTING A NEXT Message-ID: <1991Feb3.230830.15748@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 3 Feb 91 23:08:30 GMT References: <252u3744.665566130@fergvax> <775@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 46 In article <775@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> mldemsey@cs.arizona.edu (Matthew L. Demsey) writes: > > melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >> monitors. They're $2000 after the educational discount. Does anyone >> know if you can connect a cheap color monitor the the NeXTstation >> Color? *** I get the feeling that many people would choose a crappy >> 13" color monitor over the 17" grey-scale monitor. *** If this is > what people seem to be missing here is that the microphone input, >keyboard input, and mouse input are all controlled through the monitor - These signals do not go through the Color minitor. That's why NeXT has the sound box for "1-headed" color systems. You don't have to use NeXT Color monitor, which is SONY GDM-1601. I heard that NeXT might switch supplier for the color display to Phillips because SONY can't supply them in the quantity NeXT requires (I could be wrong. I like that SONY monitor). You might try to get GDM-1601 from the open market, but I doubt it is available for less than $1500 now. Any RGB monitor which supports 64kHz Horitontal scan rate, and 60-70 vertical scan rate (non-interlaced) can be used with the NeXT color systems, although you might have to tweak a few trimmers inside the monitor to get it to sync properly, and to adjust aspect ratios right. All color monitor manufacturers have at least one model which operate at these scan rates. Unlike SCSI hard disk drives, and memory, I don't think NeXT is charging a rediculus amount of money for Color displays (at least with edu discount). One thing is certain for me. I do NOT want NeXT to come out with any display resolution lower than the current standard. And I am sure they won't. -- Izumi Ohzawa [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Telephone: (415) 642-6440 Fax: (415) 642-3323 Internet: izumi@violet.berkeley.edu NeXTmail: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu