In article <mike.721006581@starburst.umd.edu> (comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system), mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) writes:
> Don't have any manuals to RTFM and I know this isn't too hard for
> those well versed with MAC's and MAC/OS.
>
> I just installed System 7.0.1 (w/"tune" disk) on a MAC IIcx for
> first time. We already had a portrait monitor and display adapter
> card but also had a spare MAC color monitor and color display adapter
> card. To my understanding these can work together, so I put the color
> display adapter card in along with the portrait card, but when I boot
> ONLY the portrait monitor is active, color monitor is powered up but
> nothing appears. I selected "Monitors" under control panels and it
> seems to only see the portrait display card. I have verified several
> times the cards are in correctly, only other card in besides these
> two is a 3COM ethernet card. I did unplug the portrait display card
> and just had the brand new color card in their but got no picture
> on the color monitor. I took the cable from the color card and connected
> it to an adjacent MAC's color monitor of the same kind and got no display
> their either. This is a brand new color monitor and card. Any ideas?
Open the Monitors Control Panel. Place the monitors in the right
configurations, set the bit depths, etc. They will either start working
right then or after you reboot the next time.
-- Michael Peirce -- peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org
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