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From: m_pitt@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: WANTED: Information on Mac->VGA displays
Message-ID: <1991Feb9.170746.2914@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au>
Date: 9 Feb 91 09:07:46 GMT
References: <10381@aggie.ucdavis.edu>
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Pleas send me the schematic ASP, I am a recent Mac convert who has
an IBM NEC 3D I want to connect to an LC, so I can afford to buy it.

Thanks


Mark Ungoed Pitt

Thanks again!!!

In article <10381@aggie.ucdavis.edu>, ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Eric W. Douglas) writes:
> In article <1991Jan24.145215.20129@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill) writes:
>>At Macworld Expo, Scully announced thastandard VGA monitors could be 
>>plugged into and work with the new LC'  with a special adapter cable.
>>The folks working the apple booth couldn't give me the specs for the
>>cable and none of the aftermarket cable vendors at the show had a clue.
>>Has anyone actually used a VGA with the LC?  Inquiring minds want to know.
> 
> Then.. Saiid Paryavi (paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu) writes:
> 
>>Here is the layman's guide to building a cable to connect the LC to standard
>>VGA monitors:
> 
> [schematic deleted. available on request]
> 
>>Put the hoods on and if you did everything right, it should work just fine.
>>It works good for me.
> 
>>WARNING:  Do this at your own risk.  I am not responsible for the acuracy
>>of the above and I am definately not responsible for whatever goes wrong.
> 
> What I am wondering is, is that this should work for *any* macintosh
> with 8bit video, right? I mean the specs for the LC video port would be
> the same as an 8/24 card, right? So, how come this hasnUt been attempted
> before, or, if it has, how come it is not public knowledge? 
> 
> I would like anyone who has tried the VGA configuration on the LC, or one
> who has tried it with an 8, 8/24 card and VGA, to send me mail, and
> report their results. (i.e. clarity, picture quality, etc.)
> 
> I have seen VGA monitors considerably cheaper than most mac color monitors,
> and I beleive this would be highly benificial to a lot of people.
> 
> I will summarize all responses and post them.
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> 
> Eric W. Douglas                        * internet: ericd@csufres.csufresno.edu
> Dept. of Computer Science              *           ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu
> California State University, Fresno    *