>My affluent neighbor was putting an huge old RasterOps monitor out by >the curb to be taken away, so I asked him if it worked. He said it did, >and I was welcome to it. I hoooked it up to a 7500 that has fallen into >my hands via a Mac-to-RGB cable, and booted the Mac. > >What I got was a kind of scrambled image. I could see the mac boot up, >but the image was distorted in the horizontal plane, if that makes any >sense. I played with the controls on the front of the monitor, to no >avail. Anyone know what's going on? The 7500 has booted just fine >recently, and while I dont know how much VRAM it carries, I do know that >the previous owner was running a pretty huge monitor off it, also with a >Mac-to-RGB cable. > >Thanks for any ideas, and I no longer have any clue what kind of >computers are seen on television. > >Warren
This sounds like you have 'fixed frequency' monitor. The resolution and scan rate of the monitor is fixed at one size and rate (a cost saving measure from years gone by.) Check with your neighbor to see if he knows/remembers what the figures are. You can also check the back of the monitor to see if it is posted there. A final try would be a monitor database <http://www.griffintechnology.com/archive/monitor.html> Once you know it, you will need to acquire a monitor adapter (also from Griffin) which can set the sense settings on the Mac and force it to boot to the correct resolution. Once this is setup and working, you should never have to adjust it. -- -- Mr. PopMan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Does anybody want to play a game of pinball?" Faith is all that dreamers need to see into the future. Jim Stovall-The Ultimate Gift -- 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
