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- From: god@hale.cts.com (David J. Calabrese)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Can Mac monitors be used on IBM/Compatible machines??
- Message-ID: <7kRRVB6w165w@hale.cts.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 03:11:05 PST
- References: <1992Dec15.042522.6391@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>
- Organization: Hale Telecommunications Inc.
- Lines: 74
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- cheung@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Bryan Cheung) writes:
-
- > Hi,
- > I know this has been asked before, but I have never seen a clear
- > response to this question, so I'm asking again, and I'll post a
- > summary if there is interest. Also, I freely admit to being a computer-bigot,
- > so please post flames to alt.religion.computer (and beware!).
- >
- > I would like to know if anyone has ever interfaced a Macintosh-compatible
- > monitor (b&w, color, high-res color, etc). to ANY video interface
- > available for IBM/IBM Compatible PCs. It is very simple to go the other
- > way (e.g. put EGA/VGA/SVGA on a Mac), but sane people don't usually do that
- > if they have a choice ;-).
- > This question stems from an admittedly perverse desire to be able
- > to purchase some sort of high quality monitor technology that is
- > useable (by whatever technical gyrations) on both hardware platforms.
- > In my particular case I would like to find a way to interface the
- > superior video technology (IMHO) available for Macs (religous preference)
- > on "standard" DOS hardware (to atone for sins in a past life).
- > Has anyone ever done this?? Having done it, was it worth the
- > dollars and neurons it took to make it happen?? Please respond via
- > e-mail to the address below if you have any experience or interest
- > in this regard.
- > Thanks in advance,
- >
- >
- > --
- >
- > -- Bryan Cheung
- > cheung@eplrx7.es.duPont.com
- > cheungbl@csoc.dnet.duPont.com
-
-
- I'm going to save you from a very long but very funny story
- about a friend of mine who wanted a monitor for both his
- Apple //gs and his Mac IIsi. We talked to lots of "qualified"
- "experts" -- many of them making over $15 an hour who said
- it couldn't be done.
-
- Finally, in a burst of common sense, we bought a multi-sync
- monitor (at the time, the NEC MultiSync classic was the most
- obvious choice), made connectors for both computers, and went
- out for pizza.
-
- Anyway, the moral of this story is that no matter what sort
- of mystique Apple tries to veil their video output in, it's
- really just an analog RGB signal -- just like the Amiga,
- the Atari ST, and most VGA cards -- so you're mainly hunting
- for connectors and pin-out here.
-
- Some Apple computers have very anal software that attempts to
- detect what monitor is hooked up. It does this by looking
- at a few choice pins on the connector. When you make yours,
- find out which pins have to be grounded or tied to Vcc to
- let the computer know that you have something around 14" inches
- in as many colors as the machine can support.
-
- Remember: Apple == Big Brother
- Apple == Big Brother
- Apple == Big Brother
-
- * david j. calabrese *
-
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