On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:52:46AM -0500, Cini, Richard wrote:
> The workstation display card has a 13W3 connector on it. I
> understand that if you use an external display adapter, you can reclaim some
> system RAM by disabling the built-in video. Is this true? If so, How can I
Hmmm, maybe, if they used some system RAM as VRAM. I'm not sure how
to do that.
> connect the 13W3 to the Hi-Rez monitor which has a DB15 connector? I looked
> in some catalogs, but there doesn't seem to be an adapter made for this.
Sure, those adapters exist; but I doubt a 12" monitor can do 1280x1024
(guessing that's what mode the card will be capable of, because 13W3 is
for Sun monitors and that's their usual resolution). I had to get
an adapter like that to use a PC monitor with a Sun. Fry's has them
but you can get much better deals on ebay. Just search for 13W3
and then read the description to see which direction it goes (because
most people want to hook a Sun monitor to a PC rather than the other
way around).
I might be interested in this video card, if you don't plan to
use it with a workstation monitor.
>
> The TokenRing card is useless to me, so it's up for trade. I
> installed an Asante ethernet card, but I still have to install the driver
> for the card, which I downloaded to my PC. I'm going to use TransMac or
> workalike to transfer to 1.4m diskette.
The Mac might be able to read DOS-formatted disks.
>
> What is the best internet browser for this configuration? I have a
> cable modem connection, so dial-up is no issue.
Netscape or IE will run, but be slow. My IIci has a Daystar 50MHz
030 upgrade, and it still is slow enough to be uncomfortable.
I don't know if there is a version of Opera for 68K machines; if so
you might want to try it.
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