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From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE/30 and monochrome monitors
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Date: 6 Feb 89 02:01:28 GMT
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In article <305@gargoyle.uchicago.edu> mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu.UUCP (thomas fenger mcdougal) writes:
>Some friends of mine who are looking at buying an SE/30 for
>desktop publishing have been told that only 32-bit gray-scale
>monitors can be used with it, i.e. 2-bit monochrome won't work.
>That struck me as bizarre, since clearly it can drive its own
>2-bit screen, but I told them I would ask around.

First of all the internal is 1-bit (you must be thinking of NeXT :).  Anyway,
SuperMac already has an 8-bit board that will drive the Apple monitors or
their large screen monitors (1024 x 768).  SuperMac and Dove will also come
out with boards specifically for the Apple monitors in the next couple of
months, just to name two vendors.  I wasn't paying attention to monochrome,
but I'm sure that large screen monochrome monitors (and boards) are/will be
available, also.

Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
hollander@ti.com