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- From: howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Mac IIvx with 16" apple monitor?
- Message-ID: <2062@intermec.UUCP>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 20:27:15 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.232526.7031@colorado.edu>
- Reply-To: howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696)
- Organization: Intermec Corporation, Everett WA
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- In article <1993Jan8.232526.7031@colorado.edu> cary@jove.colorado.edu (John R. Cary) writes:
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- >We have really been getting the runaround on what monitors will work with the
- >built in video of a Mac IIvx. Our University Price sheet indicates that the
- >Mac 16" color display works with the builtin video of the IIvx, but an
- >experiment indicates otherwise.
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- >One dealer says that increasing the vram from 512k to 1M will allow us to
- >drive the monitor. Another disagrees and says we need a card.
- >
- >Does anyone know what exactly is needed to make this monitor work on
- >the IIvx?
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- They are incorrect. The vx will work with monitors up to 640X480 pixels (13
- or 14 inch). With 512K VRAM you get 256 colors or 256 shades of grey. Move
- up to 1 meg VRAM and you get 256 shades of grey or 32,768 colors (thousands
- in the monitor control panel).
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- The vx will not work with a 16 (832 x624) inch monitor with built in video.
- You must buy a video card when going to the larger displays.
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- Howard Kaplan
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