Apple Display Specs @ everymac.com

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Dunno if everyone is aware of this resource, so I thought I'd post it: http://www.everymac.com/monitors/apple/

There are some interesting anomalies, like the Multiple Scan 15 being released (1994.07.18) with the LC630, having 1024x768 resolution, which the 630 series never supported. While the smaller Multiple Scan 14 was released a year later with a top res of 800x600/VGA (1995.08.07) alongside the 7200/7500/8500 which not only supports the MS15's 1024x768/19" resolution, but the 1280x870/21" resolution as well, not even matching the 630 series' 832x624/16" resolution, curious?

It makes sense in terms of matching with other products available in that era of change, but the coincidental release mismatch makes it an interesting tidbit for me.

The horrid selection of RoadApple PPC Performa 6XXX descendants of the very cool Quadra 630 bracket the MultiScan 14's release and were likely bundled with said POS Display. That would have added insult to RoadApple injury, as it didn't support the 832x624/16" resolution carried over from the Quadra 630. If that's the case, it would be an example of Spindlerism at its "best." :

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There are other historical quirks to be explored: naming conventions, Trinitron vs. Shadow Mask choices, form factors, tilt swivel systems, etc.

 

[MJ313]

Just some added infoz which you probably knew... There was a rev B MultipleScan 14 that came out in Nov 1995 that supports 832x624. My MultipleScan 14 supports 832x624. huzzah!

"Display model M3935LL/A does not support the 832x624 screen resolution. It supports only 640x480 and on some computers, 800x600. In November of 1995, Apple introduced an upgrade program to update qualified monitors to the Revision B display that supports the 832x624 resolution."  http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/displays/multiple_scan_14_display.pdf

 

[techknight]

Why such an odd resolution?

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

This far more backwards than I'd originally thought. Check this out from the Service Manual on the gamba.

Screen Resolution

640x480, 800x600, or 832x624

1024x768 (only PC and PC-compatibles with a Mac/PC adapter)

Apple's Multiple Scan 15 Monitor had a higher resolution (SVGA) only available with a reverse VGA adapter on a PC? :

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Why such an odd resolution?

832x624 on Apple's 16" Monitor = 70 DPI (near WYSIWYG) at what Apple considered a "flicker free" refresh rate of 75Hz.

Resolutions were a mess in the late 80s and early 90s. IBM didn't introduce 1024x768 XGA until 1990.

 

[Cory5412]

What neat information, I wasn't aware that there was a version of the 14-inch multiple scan that didn't support 832x624, which as noted, was a pretty common resolution in the Mac world at the time.

It's worth noting that the Multiple Scan 15 and the multiple Scan 15AV (plus the 17 and 21) stayed for sale for a fair while, I know you were able to buy the 15AV through the end of 1997, at which point it looks like most of the Multiple Scan family was discontinued.

One of the most interesting misses, I thought, was the fact that the Apple AudioVision was released a full year before the PowerPC systems that matched it best, and/or that the Q660av and Q840av (with which it was usually featured prominently) didn't have the HDI45 ports for better integration with that display. It also seemed like a shame to me that there was never an AudioVision 16, 17, or larger, although later on the AppleVision series took up that mantle.

Although the machines had supported it for a year or so, these earliest of Multiple Scan displays really are Apple's early efforts and sort of transition products away from fixed-sync displays (like the AudioVision, and anything older than it) and it's interesting to see now that there were a few missteps and silent revisions that had to happen.