At 9:46 PM -0500 5/30/02, William Goosby wrote: >Hi, > >I recently collected a bunch (five and counting) of these Apple two page >monochrome monitors, and I am running out of storage room fast. I have >never used one, don't see a personal need for them, but could find somebody >or some small organization to give them to if I can figure them out. I am >running a small but growing Mac donation project in Chicago. > >Some questions: > >1) Does "monochrome" mean "grayscale"? If they are NOT grayscale, I'd have >a heckuva challenge making a "sales pitch" to get these off my hands. Who >would need a black and white monitor this big? We're talking 21 inches here!
They are grayscale. Editors and writers who need to see two pages of text could make use of such a large B&W monitor. > >2) They have a strange video connector: three coax connectors plus a few >pins in the male plug side. I assume one needs a special Nubus card to >drive these. Do such cards still exist? 13W3 is the name of the connector (if I got it right this time). Most Quadras will drive this display with the right cable. The bad news is that the cable is hard to find and expensive, often being sold for more than the monitor. > >3) WHO used these things back in 1989 and WHY? People doing page layout who didn't need color. Some would have a second, color display too. A two page monochrome display was a lot cheaper than an equivalent color display. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
