27 Dec
2005
27 Dec
'05
9:02 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'm beginning to think you're right, since I just powered it on and I get a
blank 50% gray desktop screen -- no icon, no screen updating, just the 50%
on-off-on-off default desktop pattern. So I built some 6.0.8 1.44MB startup
disks and the first one boots, loads, and definitely does about 30 seconds of
*something* but I can't see what. I tried moving the mouse pointer to the
upper left and right, thinking that the display board turned the Mac screen
into a "window" onto a larger virtual desktop, but nothing.
So, if this is a mono output board, what kind of DB9 mono monitor can I attach
to it? I've got an IBM mono TTL monitor next to me, will that work? Or was
there some goofy brand of high-res mono monitor this board was designed to work
with?
Or should I just crack the mac and take the board out and sell it on epay?
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It's on an
additional bracket (the only expansion slot?)... Maybe someone added
it to use an older mouse? Seems stupid to tie up the only expansion slot with a DB9...
I doubt it's a serial connection - most likely it's for driving an
external mono monitor.