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From: dhoyman@fammed.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Question about connecting LC to VGA/RGB monitors
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.155250.12227@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 15:52:50 GMT
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In article <27683@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> rmy@trout.cis.ufl.edu (Rasthiyaadu
Yakaa) writes:
>
>
>I have tried to find out what kind of monitors can be 
>connected to the LC and have received conflicting answers
>from dealers, vendors etc ... Hopefully the net can clear
>up this confusion for me
>

>Secondly, can ordinary (i.e. IBM PC type) VGA monitors
>be used ?? Supposedly a special cable is required  but
>where does one get one ? And can I use any VGA monitor
>(irrespective of the pitch)? How is the VGA different 
>from the RGB in terms of colors, resolution, dpi etc?
>Is a VGA severely limited in any way compared to the 
>RGB ? And finally can a monochrome VGA be used with
>the LC ??
>
I have tried to make the VGA cable per spec's in InforWorld (11-Mar-91, p. 38)
and Mac Tech Note #144, but have not succeeded.
If someone can tell me were to buy this cable or where to buy VGA connectors,
I'd appreciate it.

Dirk Herr-Hoyman
University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Family Medicine
dhoyman@fammed.wisc.edu
(608) 262-6368