>Only onto a 2300 (which will use ANY Duo screen). The 280 screen is an >active screen vs. passive on the 230/250 series.
I see this error a lot, perhaps because there are relatively few 250s out there. The 250 does have an active-matrix screen, but I believe it may use a different connector from the later 280 (so it won't work on a 280 board or vice-versa - but as you note either display will work on a 2300 board). I'm not sure what connector the 270 (no 'c') uses, since they're even rarer. Probably the same as the 250 since it's just the same machine with the FPU added. The 230 has a STN (passive) matix, as does the 210 (which AFAIK is simply a 230 underclocked for typically lame Apple product-placement purposes). Everything after that is TFT (active). The active-matrix greyscale screens are very nice to use outside, preferable in many ways even to the relatively bright colour screens on new notebooks. For that matter they're easy on the eyes indoors too, as long as you don't actually need colour (and after doing without it for a while, you often find you really don't for most things). The passive Duo screens aren't all that bad either for light work, though not as easy to look at as later dual-scan passive displays. Another trick that will increase the apparent brightness of an older TFT colour screen is reducing the colour depth. The original poster had already discovered this by switching to 1-bit B&W, I think, but it also works with colour settings This is why the 2xxxc Duos become noticeably dimmer when you switch to "thousands of colours" mode from 256 colours. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
