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From: hirai@cs.swarthmore.edu (Eiji Hirai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: video cables ?
Message-ID: <2415@tulum.cs.swarthmore.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 89 07:47:02 GMT
Organization: Visual Geometry Project, Swarthmore College
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	Howdy folks.  Is there any reason why we can't use an ordinary
15pin cable bought from a computer shop as the video cable connecting
the video card inside a Mac II to the RGB monitor? It seems like a sham
to buy an official Apple video cable when we can buy the same thing
elsewhere for a cheaper price.

	More importantly, can I just use any RGB monitor instead of the
standard one which comes with the Mac II, provided I get all the pinouts
correct on the cables, using the same standard video card?

	Apologies for my lack of hardware knowledge, but I just wanted
to save some money since we ain't no megabuck corporation...

			-a.g.
			disclaimer:	I speak only for myself
					in this article.


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