[Jukebox-list] OT-Mac quesion

[Steve Wahl]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 03:20:18PM -0700, Ron Rich wrote:
> Hi All,

>   Sorry to bother you all about this but I know one (or more) of you
>   is a "Mac guy".

>   I have a Mac Performa 636, about 10/12 years old, that was running
>   with an "Optiquest Q53, model # VCDTS21359-1M, monitor. The
>   monitor quit and I'm wondering what I can use to replace it. There
>   is an "adaptor" on the back of the Mac, which "converts" it to run
>   with a PC monitor ( if I remember right), and I think I was told
>   that this adaptor will let me use any PC monitor with the Mac--am
>   I correct?

Ron,

It is *likely* that most VGA analog monitors will work with this
adapter.  

A quick search on apple's web site suggests that the performa 630
series is VGA compatible:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=12917

If you can, try before you buy, or buy from a place with a good return
policy.

I'd recommend a CRT monitor over an LCD for this situation: I don't
think the performa can do 1024x768 resolution, which is pretty much
the lowest native resolution you'll find an LCD at.  And running an
LCD monitor at anything besides it's native resolution gives strange
visual artifacts -- like some pixels display twice as wide as others,
so you get some parts of letters fatter than others.  It ends up
looking like you've got a really strange font, that for me is hard to
read.

--> Steve

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