11 Mar
2001
11 Mar
'01
8:57 a.m.
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:32:23 -0500
From: Philip Gwyn <liste(a)artware.qc.ca>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Apple LC550
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Hi Philip,
Ainsi parla jpero(a)sympatico.ca (jpero(a)sympatico.ca):
Correct! That adapter cable sets the resolutions. Mine is
configured for 640x480 pc standard but in the OS setting it can be
800 x 600. If I want 1024x768, I have to use more VRAM installed and
rewire the adapter. Very minor task and already documented. Can
send you links for that. That seller offered to sell me a mac 14"
monitor for cost of decent sandwich but I knew it's very low
resolution and I don't have space to put that thing somewhere.
Apple's many monitors are fixed frequency monitor only and one
resolution. Yuk.
I made one myself
successfully.
Doesn't the adapter need to tell the Mac what resolutions it
can handle? Working on
these Macs is far easier than peecees and more fun.
I don't really know about fun. I was given a Centris 630AV last summer that
I use to test the web sites I develope on. And, as a long-time Mac hater, I
must say that Mac OS really is much friendlier and simpler then Windows. As
long as I have a real computer (read Linux) nearby to do work on, playing
with the Mac was nowhere near as painful as I thought it would be. My main
gripe is that applications or version of apps for 68k machines are becoming
few and far between. BTW, I haven't found out how to use the AV inputs
on the Centris yet. Where
would I find a small app that would read the video/audio in and display it
on the screen, at least. This would make (albeit silly, noisy, large)
monitor for my C64, TI-99 and various Ataris and Odesseys.
There's a way, you will find a way. And ask here.
-Philip
Cheers,
Wizard