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From: mjm@cantor.UUCP (Michael Markowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Does NEC Multisync work with new VDI?
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Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 14:27:30 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 30 14:27:30 1987
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> |I'm particularly interested in whether the NEC Multisync and the
> |Thomson/Mitsubishi multifrequency monitor will work.
> 
> 	These monitors will not work with the new VGA, because they have 9-pin
> plugs and the VGA requires a 15-pin plug.  I suppose a 9-to-15-pin adapter is
> a possiblity, but I'm not sure even that would work.  The VGA is able to
> detect whether it's hooked to a color or a monochrome monitor, so there must
> be a signal from the monitor that probably isn't present in the NEC or T/M.
> 
> 			       Mitchell McLain
> 		    ...hplabs!tektronix!sequent!gssc!mmm

NEC has announced that the MultiSync will indeed work with the VGA and
they expect to have the required cables available within the next month.

Michael J. Markowitz
Dept. of Math. Sciences
Loyola Univ. of Chicago
Chicago, IL  60626
(312) 508-3567

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