Favourite monitor for use on 68k Macs?

[Osgeld]

Radius Pivot.
You could turn it through 90 degrees and the desktop/application window changed orientation automatically.

Twenty years later, what do we have? Open control panel -- or bring up a contextual menu by right clicking in the appropriate place. Change monitor orientation -- was that 90 degrees clockwise or anti-clockwise? Click OK if you can navigate to the button. Swivel monitor. Faff around to reorientate application windows.

Adding an orientation switch to a monitor costs a dollar. Add another dollar for a decent monitor stand. Two dollars is the cost, but they still don't get it.

its mainly the software, and we all know what kind of software monitor makers put out

 

[Strimkind]

My favorite monitor was the Apple Multiple Scan 17 Display. It was old when we got it but it lasted for a long time and had a great picture. Sometimes we could convince it to do 1280x1024, but most of the time it would have the bottom part of the screen fold onto the top at that resolution. It lasted us a good 5 years and went with an older PPC unit I sold years ago. Probably one of the best monitors I've ever used.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Why couldn't they make the Apple 16" 1024x768 or something like that? It is a 17" monitor (16" viewable).

WYSIWYG resolutions only came out of Cupertino for the loooooooongest time.

Idiots! Especially the one in the jeans and black designer T-Shirts! :

jt

p.s. . . . but the Woz was da-MAN!

 

[Anonymous Freak]

My personal favorite for 68k Macs has long been the AudioVision display -- decent ergonomics, great inbuilt speakers, really sharp picture, and of course, an ADB hub. Just about the only thing it doesn't bring up to your desk from the back of your Mac is a serial port.
After that I had an Apple Multiple Scan 1705 for awhile, great solid display, and it would've worked with a VGA computer too, but I had to leave it behind last time my family moved.

Beyond that, I love Dell UltraSharps, and want a 1708, 1800 or 15xx series, and I also would love one of the original 15-inch Studio Display LCDs.

The original Studio Display is, indeed, awesome. Sadly, mine is a little busted at the moment. :-(



Yup, that is the entire line of 15" Studio DIsplays. At left is the ADC model, in the middle-back is the Blue & White VGA model, on the right is the graphite DVI model; and in front is the original dark-blue/gray old-Apple DB15 model. Looks right at home next to a beige G3 tower. You can also see the massive brightness difference between the models. The B&W one really is that dim. My original one will power up (LED comes on, and I can hear slight e-buzz,) but the backlight doesn't come on, and the screen doesn't seem to get any signal.

I have one more B&W one, but it is flaky, losing video after a few minutes. Finally, for the four 'original' style ones, I only have two power bricks. (I tried hacking a PowerBook 5300 power brick, since it supplies the same voltage and amperage, but I was unsuccessful.)

Edit: I also like my ViewSonic 21" CRT with BNC inputs. I have a BNC-to-Apple-DB15 cable, and the picture is just rock solid, even at 1600x1200 or higher. The monitor was an ultra-high-end one in its day, doing 1600x1200 at 85 Hz, and can be pushed out-of-spec all the way up to 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. I had my beige G3 running it at that with Mac OS 8.0 and AppleShare IP 6.0 Server. Lets me see *ALL* of the AppleShare windows simultaneously. One funny thing is that it will let you force it to 'unsupported' resolutions over BNC, but not over VGA.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Radius Pivot.
You could turn it through 90 degrees and the desktop/application window changed orientation automatically.

Twenty years later, what do we have? Open control panel -- or bring up a contextual menu by right clicking in the appropriate place. Change monitor orientation -- was that 90 degrees clockwise or anti-clockwise? Click OK if you can navigate to the button. Swivel monitor. Faff around to reorientate application windows.

Adding an orientation switch to a monitor costs a dollar. Add another dollar for a decent monitor stand. Two dollars is the cost, but they still don't get it.

I had a ViewSonic LCD at work that does that. Automatic and everything, solely over the VGA or DVI port, not even loading any special drivers. (Although this was in Windows; I don't know how it would have worked on a Mac, as no Macs there.)