Period displays for Quadra 700?

[chrisdunderdale]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knows what the best display that was available at the time for the Quadra 700? Or even what is the best display it can support on the native graphics card?

Cheers

 

[jessenator]

Greetings!

Well The 700 came out in October of 1992, just a few months before the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Macintosh_Color_Display debuted. Prior to that, it would've been an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleColor_High-Resolution_RGB_Monitor which goes more in design step with the 700 than the later, swivel model.

Both of those options aren't going to get you past 640x480 up to the max supported resolution on the 700 of 1152x870. Color depth you won't get 24-bit at that high of res. 832x624 will get you 24-bit, provided you have the max amount VRAM installed. 2MB total: 512k on board

Almost every Apple brand display pre-B&W G3 era should work just fine without an adapter.

 

[Phipli]

The Apple 16" Trinitron is a lovely screen for that era machine. 832*624.

File:Macintosh Color Display 16”.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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[chrisdunderdale]

Thanks guys, that’s really helpful. I think I will steer clear of LCD options, I’ve really struggled to get them to work at the correct resolutions.

 

[Unknown_K]

Out of curiosity what percentage of new Mac owners purchased 3rd party monitors back in the day? New machines didn't come with a monitor correct they were a separate item to purchase?

I have a couple Apple monitors but prefer using a Sony Trinitron.

 

[LaPorta]

Most of these Apple moonitors were Trinitrons...so not much difference.

 

[Byrd]

Apple 13" Trinitron would have been the best match, the rich DTP guys 16" Apple but rare.

 

[MrFahrenheit]

Thanks guys, that’s really helpful. I think I will steer clear of LCD options, I’ve really struggled to get them to work at the correct resolutions.

I have a 4k 24” LCD TV, and it takes all of the Mac resolutions just fine.

 

[joshc]

New Quadras didn't come with monitors. But new LCs/Performas were sometimes bundled with one.

If you can find one, a SuperMac or Radius display could be worth it but they are very hard to find.

In terms of newer CRTs, flat Mitsubishi and Sony CRTs from the late 90s/early 2000s would go pretty nicely with a Quadra as well.

Personally, I don't have any CRTs in my collectoin and I'm keeping it that way until I have more space to have a few. I use a 17" Compaq TFT8030 which works with any Mac resolution, and I also have a Sony LCD, can't remember the model number, but that works well too. Older LCD/TFT screens are usually fine. Otherwise, get a good scaler like this https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/good-reasonable-hdmi-scaler-extron-rgb-hdmi-300-a.35750/ and then you can work with a wide range of old resolutions with a newer screen.

 

[lobust]

I have a 16” Colour Display (currently dismantled in boxes waiting for a recap that has never happened) and a 17” Multiple Scan that I use as my daily driver on my Quadras. These two are almost identical form factors and both look great next to any Quadra or early powermac. The 16 is quite badly yellowed and will probably get retrobrited at some point but the plastics seem solid, whereas the 17 is made of the really badly brittle plastic and I had to do some pretty extensive repairs to that part of it when I got it, so be wary of that.

I really love using these CRT monitors with my old macs, I get much more enjoyment from them than when using modern lcds. I know it’s just sentimentality, but that’s kind of the whole point of this hobby right? Obviously from a practical perspective they are less than ideal…

 

[Quadra]

Well The 700 came out in October of 1992,

It's October 1991 actually, so the "AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor" would have been an often chosen option.

 

[ArmorAlley]

We had a black & white two page display attached to a NuBus card in an IIsi that we used for the layout of the Students' Union News in university.
It is great for layout and also for Civilisation.

 

[slomacuser]

Here it is used e-Machines monitor

and probably Radius monitor in TV advert

anybody noticed Q700 prototype in video? (vent holes are shorter)

 

[volvo242gt]

As @Quadra said, the M0401 or M1297 13" High-Res AppleColor RGB monitor was the usual choice. Same type of monitor usually used with the IIci. Another choice might've been a Sony CPD-1304S, if someone wanted a Sony-branded 13" monitor. The M1212 will work with the 700, but, when said 700 is in the horizontal configuration, the monitor looks a bit top-heavy, since the tilt/swivel stand is meant for the LC series and the IIsi, width-wise.

 

[slomacuser]

Could be also 21" Apple Color Monitor it came same year

 

[MrFahrenheit]

Last summer I bought a Quadra 700 package from a lady who’s husband bought it brand new, but he had passed away.

I didn’t realize until it arrived, but she was including everything he had bought at the same time with it, an Apple Extended II keyboard, an Apple CD 300e (caddy load), and the Apple Color 16” Trinitron display. All in original boxes.

I talked to her afterwards, and he had bought the whole setup together so she thought selling it all together was best.

So, at least in the case of the gentleman who’s Quadra 700 I now own, he bought the 16” Apple Trinitron with his Q700.


If anyone is interested in it, I’d be happy to sell the monitor, however shipping will be very expensive. It’s still in its original box and it looks like new. It takes up a huge volume of space in my Rec room, another good reason to use LCD monitors with our old Macs.

 

[Phipli]

Last summer I bought a Quadra 700 package from a lady who’s husband bought it brand new, but he had passed away.

I didn’t realize until it arrived, but she was including everything he had bought at the same time with it, an Apple Extended II keyboard, an Apple CD 300e (caddy load), and the Apple Color 16” Trinitron display. All in original boxes.

I talked to her afterwards, and he had bought the whole setup together so she thought selling it all together was best.

So, at least in the case of the gentleman who’s Quadra 700 I now own, he bought the 16” Apple Trinitron with his Q700.


If anyone is interested in it, I’d be happy to sell the monitor, however shipping will be very expensive. It’s still in its original box and it looks like new. It takes up a huge volume of space in my Rec room, another good reason to use LCD monitors with our old Macs.

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I'd shake your hand off if collection didn't involve so much swimming. Had the multisync 17" on an 8100 growing up. Really nice screen.

 

[MrFahrenheit]

I'd shake your hand off if collection didn't involve so much swimming. Had the multisync 17" on an 8100 growing up. Really nice screen.

The box is quite literally a meter cubed. She paid $150 US to ship just the monitor, via the cheapest method in the US. It’s why I haven’t really done anything with it besides store it.

 

[Durosity]

It takes up a huge volume of space in my Rec room, another good reason to use LCD monitors with our old Macs.

Yeah they really do.. I have a horrible habit of buying any cheap Apple CRT when they appear on eBay.. I’m starting to think I could build a house out of them.

 

[CircuitBored]

Could be also 21" Apple Color Monitor it came same year

36.1kg is quite simply bonkers! Don't get me wrong: I'd love a monster CRT. That said, I would also love a desk with the appropriate amount of steel girders required to support such a thing.