Xref: utzoo rec.video:6297 comp.sys.mac:31208 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: rec.video,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac II monitor--indispensable? Message-ID: Date: 4 May 89 05:42:48 GMT References: <59206@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, <17242@mimsy.UUCP> Organization: Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: <17242@mimsy.UUCP> folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) writes: > Will somebody please correct me if I am wrong! But, I have a Sony > KV-1311CR, and I DO NOT think it will work with a Mac II. I originally > got it to use with an Amiga (since sold to get a Mac). I have lost the > owner's manual, so I called Sony to find out if it would work. The on-line > database that the guy consulted DID NOT list the Mac II--it only listed > the Apple II. It even said something about 200 lines resolution, which > is far shy of the 480 needed (isn't it?). The Amiga in its highest resolution mode can display 400+ vertical lines of video. Since the KV-1311CR works with the Amiga, there should be no problem (resolution-wise) getting it to work with a Mac II. The only problem is one of signal compatibility. My Commodore 1080 monitor makes a dandy TV monitor. I have it attached to my VCR, and I have gotten more than one comment from visitors about how clear and sharp the picture is. Why aren't commercial TV monitors designed to the same specs? The 1080 is even a pretty mediocre monitor, by computer standards. -- Michael Portuesi * Information Technology Center * Carnegie Mellon University INET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu * BITNET: mp1u+@andrew UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ MAIL: Carnegie Mellon University, P.O. Box 259, Pittsburgh, PA 15213