30 Apr
2002
30 Apr
'02
10:19 a.m.
You mean it'll work with the older mac's? It
has a "normal" (for MAC's)
video
cable, and its model number is 1710AV.
I just checked the tech manual for the 1710AV, it indeed has the standard
RGB plug, so you should be good to go with just about any mac that has an
RGB port. Some of the older ones will only be able to display in 640x480
resolution, but the Q650 you are looking into will do higher.
If you want the PDF of the manual, let me know, I'll send it to you
offlist. It's about 3.6MB, has some interesting notes about repair
problems with that model (Apple even has/had a repair extension program
in place for some of it)
It has what appears to be
pass-through's for the mouse and for a mike, that funny thing that looks like
the USB symbol but isn't
That's the ADB port. Predates USB by some time. The idea was you could
run one cable bundle from the screen to the Mac, and then be able to plug
the keyboard and mic into the screen (mouse would be connected to the
keyboard's ADB port).
but it's only a 16"
diagonal visible (not viewable) screen so I don't think it's supposed to be a
17", though you never know these days.
It is listed as a 17" with 16.1" viewable image size. Although, it was
made back in the day when apple was a little less than honest with their
screen sizes (before they were sued over it), so who knows what it really
has.
I saw a
Quadra 650 or something on that order for $5 earlier today. It had a part of
the front face missing, else I'd have probably looked inside.
Probably missing the CD bezel. Most likely it was stripped of the CD
before being junked. If the CD is missing, verify that the rest of the
system is there, who knows what else was pulled.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
30 Apr
30 Apr
10:38 a.m.
Yes, I've got the thing attached to that Performa I just bought. The Quadra
was already gone but since I have a little history with the Performa 630CD I'm
not disappointed.
It's playing a CD right now, and the display has been adjusted almost to my
complete satisfaction. I don't like that the brightness and contrast are
turned up so far, though.
This, for the few bucks it cost, gives me a very different view of the Mac.
I'd never seen one with a decent size display on it before the Performa's I
bought last year before the Holidays. This one is even better, and I like the
way in which it simply "goes" without any real extensive fiddling. It took me
a moment to figure out how to work the CRT controls, and getting the CD to
play took another moment or two. I may keep this one, though. It's pretty
handy and I like the CD it's playing ... some of those Linda Ronstadt latin
numbers, (this one's a collection of Latin dance numbers called
"Frenesi'")
which, for some reason, I find very energizing ... The fact I've got a mild
buzz going is a factor as well, however. (I've been more or less
"off-the-sauce" for a number of years, and someone from my deep, dark past
recently gave me a case of beer for helping him out, so I've been consuming
'em one or two at a time. If I drink two in an hour's time, I'm on my way
...)
It might be well to note that I generally go out of my way to keep the
sound/noise out of my computers, even to the extent of unplugging the speaker
that normally provides the "beep" when the software tells it to complain. I
also "bed" the moving components in soft silastic foam in order to reduce the
vibration noise from disk drives, fans, etc. I've had CPU-cooler fans that
made entirely too much noise. My feeling is that if you can hear it with a
stethoscope, it's too loud.
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with a MAC once it's running. I
have a walkman, and several CD players, so I don't need it for that ...
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <mythtech(a)mac.com>
To: "Classic Computer" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
like
a
of
You mean
it'll work with the older mac's? It has a "normal" (for MAC's)
video
cable, and its model number is 1710AV.
I just checked the tech manual for the 1710AV, it indeed has the standard
RGB plug, so you should be good to go with just about any mac that has an
RGB port. Some of the older ones will only be able to display in 640x480
resolution, but the Q650 you are looking into will do higher.
If you want the PDF of the manual, let me know, I'll send it to you
offlist. It's about 3.6MB, has some interesting notes about repair
problems with that model (Apple even has/had a repair extension program
in place for some of it)
>It has what appears to be
>pass-through's for the mouse and for a mike, that funny thing that looks
the USB symbol
but isn't
That's the ADB port. Predates USB by some time. The idea was you could
run one cable bundle from the screen to the Mac, and then be able to plug
the keyboard and mic into the screen (mouse would be connected to the
keyboard's ADB port).
>but it's only a 16"
>diagonal visible (not viewable) screen so I don't think it's supposed to be
17",
though you never know these days.
It is listed as a 17" with 16.1" viewable image size. Although, it was
made back in the day when apple was a little less than honest with their
screen sizes (before they were sued over it), so who knows what it really
has.
>I saw a
>Quadra 650 or something on that order for $5 earlier today. It had a part the front face
missing, else I'd have probably looked inside.
Probably missing the CD bezel. Most likely it was stripped of the CD
before being junked. If the CD is missing, verify that the rest of the
system is there, who knows what else was pulled.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
1 May
1 May
6:27 a.m.
On 30-Apr-2002 Richard Erlacher wrote:
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with a
MAC once it's running.
I have a walkman, and several CD players, so I don't need it for that
I have a
Centris 660av that has 2 uses :
1- testing the web sites i create to see if they display corectly on MSIE
and Netscape on Mac OS.
2- Watching movies. It's an AV :) I refuse to own a teevee.
-Philip
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