On Sunday, April 28, 2002, at 04:48 pm, Brandon Davis wrote:
>> Stuart - ...guess it depends what donor equipment you can find. > > Hmm. Finding donor 9" VGA's is no problem (there were several at that > disassembler that I was at yesterday), but finding a 12" high res mono > is > turning out to be a problem: are there any additional advantages to > using > the internal CRT other then the parts counts (after all, this was > already a > dead & dismembered SE carcass before I picked it up)? Over a "donor VGA" > that is? > I suppose one advantage is that the CRT fits perfectly! ;-) It's also a little (but only a little) more 'original'. > I actually prefer working in b/w, on top of always being fonder of the > "square'r" looks of the b/w boxes over the CC's ...I did put together a > Mystic CC (LC 575 w/ PPC upgrade card, dual boot, works great) due to > the > inspiration derived from my original "discovery" of Stuart's site, but I > find that I still do most of my Mac work on an old SE w/33MHz x 16MB > Mobius > accelerator, just because it's black on white. More like > pencil-on-paper, > you know? > No CC powered up atm, but can't a CC do 256 shade grey-scale? ;-) A Mystic will certainly out-run an SE/30. Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
