Thanks for your help, and to all who posted. I did some digging around at the University computer lab's junk bin, and found an SVGA adaptor which seems to work well at resolutions up to 1600 x 1280! One of the list member's was kind enough to sell me his non OEM card which I'll purchase and have the ability to run 2 monitors and SVGA native.
At one time I mananged a college graphics lab with 80 9600s and 8600s . I had an old 9600 and sold it two years ago when I upgraded to a Quicksilver G4. I am still amazed at how well designed the 9600 series were. The guy who sold it to me said he sells at least one a week, and that they outsell the beige G3 tower! OS9 runs beautifully with very little memory, and even Photoshop 6.0 is respectable on this machine with enough scratch disk space. Long live the Power macs! Russ Rosener B > > > > I'm new to the list. I just bought a "Legacy PowerMac" 9600/300. > > My question involves an SVGA monitor adaptor. > > I want to drive a 19" VGA monitor at something better than 640x480! > > A video upgrade card is needed, but which one? > > What Mac monitor adaptor will give me larger SVGA resolutions? > > The 9600 came with a IMS/IXMicro TwinTurbo 128 card. I think Apple may have > branded it as something slightly different, but that is the manufacturer > anyway. This card is brilliant and cheap if you can find a non OEM one. The > one bundled with a 9600 only has an Apple style video connector, but the > retail (non OEM) version has both PC style SVGA and Apple style video. I > picked one up for about $12 a few years ago. Unless you plan to do a lot of > CAD or play 3d games, I can't see that you'll benefit from something better > except if you plan to upgrade to be able to run OSX. > > Other than that, the usual suspects. ATi Radeon and Matrox Millennium have > both stood me in good stead in the PC world. You will need a Mac edition of > these cards though, as the PC one will not work in a Mac. Matrox cards can't > be upgraded to Mac via flashing either, as the ROM is too small. > > Hope than helps, > > Matt > > > -- > 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 -- 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
