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- From: zimmy@kalman.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael Zimmerman)
- Subject: Re: YES THE IIVXcd WILL DRIVE THE 16" MONITOR!!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.154053.4136@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Electrical Engineering
- References: <93009.121911IO92668@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <1993Jan11.140914.3910@pcnntp.apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:40:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.140914.3910@pcnntp.apple.com> Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams) writes:
- >In article <93009.121911IO92668@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IO92668@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
- >writes:
- >> While visiting Columbus, Ohio for Christmas break I stopped at
- >> a local mac retail MicroCenter. While I was there they hooked up
- >> the 16" Apple monitor to the internal video support port on their
- >> IIVXcd and it ran beautifully (even 16bit color).
- >
- >I don't know what you really saw at that dealer, but it wasn't a Mac IIvx
- >driving an Apple 16" display from the onboard video. The IIvx _doesn't_
- >do this. You might have seen the video being driven from a NuBus card,
- >or a non-Apple 16" display being driven at a resolution of 640 x 480. The
- >IIvx video hardware simply cannot generate the video timing needed to
- >drive the Apple 16" display (at a resolution of 832 x 624). There was a
- >post a few weeks ago from the Apple hardware system designer of the IIvx
- >which confirmed this.
- >
- >- Dale Adams
- > Apple Computer, Inc.
-
- I thought the IIvx was "advertised" to drive a 16" at 16bits with additional
- VRAM added after initial purchase. You are saying this is not true?!??!
-
- Mike
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