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cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 07 Mar 2002 : 12:03:31 I was just over at the thrift store next to my office and they have a Sony CPD15-SF1 in very good condition. I forgot to ask how much they wanted, but came back here and went online to check the specs. Wow! This baby can do 1280x1024! Pretty high for a 15". I'm going to go back there and see how much they want. My Quadra 840av's Radius 24Xk can handle up to 1152x870, and my 7500's ATi XClaim 3D+ can do 1280x1024 easily. I'm just not sure if I want to switch from a 17" to a 15" monitor in order to get there. I guess 1152x870 on the Quadra would be nice! I just hope they don't want too much for it. I have three eBay auctions to pay for today! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
alcoa Full Member Albania 543 Posts	Posted - 07 Mar 2002 : 12:52:59 quote: I was just over at the thrift store next to my office and they have a Sony CPD15-SF1 in very good condition. I forgot to ask how much they wanted, but came back here and went online to check the specs. Wow! This baby can do 1280x1024! Pretty high for a 15". I'm going to go back there and see how much they want. My Quadra 840av's Radius 24Xk can handle up to 1152x870, and my 7500's ATi XClaim 3D+ can do 1280x1024 easily. I'm just not sure if I want to switch from a 17" to a 15" monitor in order to get there. I guess 1152x870 on the Quadra would be nice! yah, it's great, on a 19-20-21 inch diagonal! MAYBE on one og the new 18" jobs, but not on your 17, forget the 15" quote: I have three eBay auctions to pay for today! drums fingers on desk waiting for e-mail re $$$$$$$! (and e-mail capacity) jt
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 07 Mar 2002 : 13:13:58 Sorry, JT, I've been scatterbrained, lately. I need to find some time to get over to the USPS to weigh the 'book. Go ahead and send the email stuff though, I think I cleared out enough to handle it. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 07 Mar 2002 : 16:48:23 Allright! They want $10 for it, which is pretty damn good for a decent little monitor. I don't have any money today, but they're holding it for me until tomorrow (though, the last time they held something for me, a Sun SparcServer 1000, they sold it anyway, and for five bucks!!!). It'll be going to my 840av, and the 840av's Apple MultiScan 15" will be going to my project IIci. Whee! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 08 Mar 2002 : 04:41:24 quote: (though, the last time they held something for me, a Sun SparcServer 1000, they sold it anyway, and for five bucks!!!). Umm...i thought you said it was a SpacServer 1000... Just kidding... Truthfully though, good luck with your display. That really is one b**ching display, and would be perfect on the 840AV!!!! -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 5
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 08 Mar 2002 : 16:00:09 Allright, I just paid for it, but don't want to put it in my car yet because of the heat. I'll pick it up and take it home after work. I'll post some pics and screenshots later tonight. Now if only I could find a Nubus video card that can do 1280x1024...I think the Radius Thunder IV GX models 1360 and 1600 (I can only find the 1152 model on eBay) are the only two that can do it. Unless anybody knows otherwise...? Hmmm...I should have posted this thread in the 68k peripherals forum, but I forgot that it existed. <--- Bad mod!! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear! Edited by - cinemafia on 08 Mar 2002 16:05:36
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 08 Mar 2002 : 19:58:17 Okay, inevitably, I've got a problem. I tried the Sony 15" first on my 7500. Very sharp, great color. However, I couldn't get it beyond 1024x768. I tried 1280x1024, but it wouldn't work, although I'm assuming it may have been because the refresh rate was too high. I couldn't try it at 1152x860 because my ATi Xlclaim 3D+ doesn't have that as an output setting. I figured what the hell, let me just try it on the Quadra 840av. I hook it up, everything cool, but it won't go above 640x480! I mean, it doesn't even have any other options! It's locked at recommended and doesn't have an option for "all". What the heck... I wonder if it's because of the VGA adapter? 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear! Edited by - cinemafia on 08 Mar 2002 20:02:17
alcoa Full Member Albania 543 Posts	Posted - 08 Mar 2002 : 20:59:23 quote: Okay, inevitably, I've got a problem. I tried the Sony 15" first on my 7500. Very sharp, great color. However, I couldn't get it beyond 1024x768. I tried 1280x1024, but it wouldn't work, although I'm assuming it may have been because the refresh rate was too high. I couldn't try it at 1152x860 because my ATi Xlclaim 3D+ doesn't have that as an output setting. I figured what the hell, let me just try it on the Quadra 840av. I hook it up, everything cool, but it won't go above 640x480! I mean, it doesn't even have any other options! It's locked at recommended and doesn't have an option for "all". What the heck... I wonder if it's because of the VGA adapter? what vga adapter? have you got another one to try? jt
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 08 Mar 2002 : 22:40:27 It's a generic female VGA to male Mac adapter. Aye carumba...I have an ATi brand adapter around here somewhere, I'll dig it up and try it. Why the heck is it only giving me 640x480, when on the 7500 it was at least doing 1024x768 no problem?? 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
alcoa Full Member Albania 543 Posts	Posted - 08 Mar 2002 : 23:06:38 quote: hy the heck is it only giving me 640x480, when on the 7500 it was at least doing 1024x768 no problem?? sense codes. jt
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 11 Mar 2002 : 12:39:56 Eh? P.S. - still haven't figured it out. I hate to have the dig the Apple Multiscan 15" back out of the closet... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
alcoa Full Member Albania 543 Posts	Posted - 11 Mar 2002 : 13:13:12 quote: Eh? P.S. - still haven't figured it out. I hate to have the dig the Apple Multiscan 15" back out of the closet... does your generic adapter have adjustable settings to tell the mac what resolution your multiscan diplay wants to be fed? if not, you need to get one with switches or a dial to configure the sense codes the mac reads at startup. http://www.ukl.uni-freiburg.de/aug/bach/macmonitors.html jt p.s. i just got the biggest kick out of that link, the font it uses is georgia and every lower case "c" displays as your chibawhatsis dropped out in a black field! (with the proper spacing for the hacked character) did you ever try that font?
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 11 Mar 2002 : 13:55:24 The adpater doesn't have dip switches or any settings, but it may be the problem anyway. All the other adapater I have are the wrong type, though (male VGA to female Mac). Haven't tried the font yet, no! I have to do that... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
bigsadhu Junior Member Cayman Island 462 Posts	Posted - 11 Mar 2002 : 17:51:36 There's also some interesting info on monitor adapters here http://www.kan.org/6100/monitors.html, although specific to 6100s. CC Current score: 1 Apple //e 1 PB 520c 1 Quadra 800 (recently resurrected!) 2 Powermac 6100s
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 12 Mar 2002 : 08:44:27 Yeah, I definitely have a feeling that it has something to do with the adapter, possibly that the adapter doesn't have DIP switches, or that it's hard-wired for 640x480 only. All the other adapters I have are backward, though. Looks like it's time to do an eBay search... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
alcoa Full Member Albania 543 Posts	Posted - 12 Mar 2002 : 09:13:57 quote: Yeah, I definitely have a feeling that it has something to do with the adapter, possibly that the adapter doesn't have DIP switches, or that it's hard-wired for 640x480 only. indubitably, jt

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