Using a Mac mono monitor with PC VGA

From: Ian Primus <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon Jul 21 15:44:25 2003

If it's a monochrome monitor, chances are that it won't work. A lot of
those old monitors were fixed frequency, and can't be driven by a PC
VGA card.

On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 02:00 PM, chris wrote:

>> One interesting question,
>> does Windows have a profile for that monitor? I know I've seen other
>> Apple monitors listed, but I haven't played with a desktop PC in a
>> while.
>
> I don't remember the model's off the top of my head, but at least one
> Apple monitor that shipped for the LC series Macs was a VGA monitor NOT
> an RGB. Right down to the 15 pin high denisty VGA connector... Apple
> supplied an RGB to VGA adaptor to use their own monitor!
>

Yup, I know that monitor, that's the Apple Basic Color monitor.

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Mon Jul 21 2003 - 15:44:25 BST