what monitor sizes?

2001-09-19 Thread Anand Keathley
Hi, Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not see it at Low End Mac. Thanks, Anand -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot D

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-19 Thread Marten van de Kraats
>Hi, > >Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >see it at Low End Mac. > >Thanks, > Anand Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size imaginable. Of course you need plenty of vram and maybe some graphi

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-19 Thread Clark Martin
>>Hi, >> >>Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >>see it at Low End Mac. >> >>Thanks, >> Anand > >Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size >imaginable. Of course you need

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-19 Thread John Teffer
>>>Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >>>see it at Low End Mac. >>> >> >> >>Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size >>imaginable. Of course you need plenty of vram and maybe some

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread gamba
>From: Anand Keathley >Hi, > >Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >see it at Low End Mac. What you're looking for is at: <http://www.accesscom.com/~gamba/cpumonmatrix.html> Gamba -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://l

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Clark Martin
>>>>Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >>>>see it at Low End Mac. >>>> >>> >>> >>>Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size >>>imaginable. Of course you need pl

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Marten van de Kraats
>>>>>Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >>>>>see it at Low End Mac. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size >>>>imag

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread the pickle
At 11:18 -0700 on 19/09/01, Anand Keathley wrote: >Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >see it at Low End Mac. No, but there's a list in the FAQ... p _ the pickle The FAQ <http://macfaq.bin

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Andrew Michael MacTao
>making for BIG low-res icons) the second answer was correct if >you are talking about monitor _resolution_. Just a point of clarification on this... In the Mac world, monitor size means the physical size of the monitor. ie. 15", 17", 21", etc. "Screen size" means number of pixels high/wide

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread John Teffer
>>making for BIG low-res icons) the second answer was correct if >>you are talking about monitor _resolution_. > >Just a point of clarification on this... In the Mac world, monitor >size means the physical size of the monitor. ie. 15", 17", 21", etc. >"Screen size" means number of pixels hig

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Brian
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, John Teffer wrote: > >inch. Screen resolution is generally presumed to be 72 ppi. Screen resolution is 72 dpi period. It can't be changed in software. Unless you have some super cool CAD monitor (mega bucks) your monitor is built at 72 dpi. > 640 x 480, 117Hz > 800 x 600,

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Robert Poland
>On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, John Teffer wrote: > >> >inch. Screen resolution is generally presumed to be 72 ppi. > >Screen resolution is 72 dpi period. It can't be changed in >software. Unless you have some super cool CAD monitor (mega bucks) your >monitor is built at 72 dpi. > >> 640 x 480, 117Hz >

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Early 68030 machines, IIci and IIsi and others, use > sync-on-green. Most > latter monitors do not support sync-on-green. While > you can get an adapter > to use these monitors with sync-on-green, the cost > of the adapter is often > more than a

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Steve Moody
At 11:44 AM -0700 9/20/01, Andrew Michael MacTao wrote: >Screen resolution is generally presumed to be 72 ppi. Windows system are generally presumed to be better than Macs. These people are wrong, too. Measure your screen. Divide the number of pixels across by the number of inches. Change t

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-20 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Steve Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Windows system are generally presumed to be > better than Macs. > These people are wrong, too. Measure your screen. > Divide the number > of pixels across by the number of inches. Change > the monitor > settings. Measure and divide again. You w

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-21 Thread the pickle
At 14:12 -0500 on 20/09/01, Brian wrote: >On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, John Teffer wrote: > >> >inch. Screen resolution is generally presumed to be 72 ppi. > >Screen resolution is 72 dpi period. It can't be changed in That's not *entirely* accurate. "Screen resolution" depends on how many pixels - n

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-21 Thread Dan Knight
Anand Keathley writes: >Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >see it at Low End Mac. We don't list sizes in inches, since a 12" monitor and a 20" monitor may both be able to display 640x480 pixels. We list size in pixels. These

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-21 Thread Rodney A. Hoiseth
From: Dan Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Anand Keathley writes: > >>Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >>see it at Low End Mac. > >We don't list sizes in inches, since a 12" monitor and a 20" monitor may >both

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-21 Thread Alex Allee
>Speaking of vertical tubes, what ever happened to the concept of >monitors that supported display of both "landscape" and "portrait" >images (e.g., Radius _ (I can't recall what it was called). I think it had something to do with the cost of CRTs when the full page monitors were around.

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-22 Thread the pickle
At 16:17 +0900 on 22/09/01, Rodney A. Hoiseth wrote: >Speaking of vertical tubes, what ever happened to the concept of >monitors that supported display of both "landscape" and "portrait" >images (e.g., Radius _ (I can't recall what it was called). You mean like the Pivot? There are stil

Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-23 Thread Rodney A. Hoiseth
From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >At 16:17 +0900 on 22/09/01, Rodney A. Hoiseth wrote: > >>Speaking of vertical tubes, what ever happened to the concept of >>monitors that supported display of both "landscape" and "portrait" >>images (e.g., Radius _ (I can't recall what it was called

Pivot monitors. Re: what monitor sizes?

2001-09-22 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Alex Allee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it had something to do with the cost of CRTs > when the full > page monitors were around. Larger tubes (17"+) were > prohibitively > expensive, so the monitor makers released roughly > 14/15" monitors > oriented vertically in order for users