>Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 12:44:45 -0800 >From: Jim Arnott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>MultiScan 17 is a great monitor. The AppleVision is known for suddenly >presenting a black screen. The 1705 and 1710 I can't address. Remeber >that all of them are... old. My 17 has a mfg date of 1994. It's getting >tired. Second the vote of confidence for the original Apple 17" Multiscan. This is the one with the same base and case as the Apple 16" Color Display. The base has an ADB "hub" built in and jacks for speaker and microphone extensions. It makes it very convenient to have your computer on the floor and not stretch the heck out of your cables reaching your work space. However, while the 17" Multiscan was great in its day and for quite a while thereafter, they're getting old now. I'd be cautious of them just because most of them are probably near the end of their useful lifetimes. Mine has developed a very occasional shimmy/wiggle that I fear may become more frequent. At the same time my Radius Intellicolor 20e has started spontaneously changing its color temperature every now and then. Both of these are from approximately the same era. I hope prices on LCDs drop and I can afford to buy replacement LCDs for these before they become unusable. IIRC, the 1710 (and the 1705?) has a horrid reputation for dieing. I may be misremembering, but I think a little deja-news searching in comp.sys.mac.hardware or comp.sys.mac.hardware.video will turn up some information. You may wish to search both news groups because the former was not segmented into video, storage and misc. until relatively recently (5, 6 years ago?). Jeff Walther -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
