On 23/07/02 at 21:54 Darren Branagh wrote:
>Are you sure it worked with a PC rich? >Reason I ask is the only monitors I have ever come across like this were >ones made by Radius for the Apple Mac. They were popular in Newspaper >offices etc. as it was better for desktop pulishing and artwork - which is >were the Mac reigns. The Mac also uses a 25 way connector (on older >models). Old Mac connector is 15 pin D (similar to PC joystick) not 25. Regarding the monitor in question, I think I had one of these a long while ago. IIRC it's a monochrome model with some odd resolution like 720 x 800. It's intended to work with two graphics cards, a monochrome (Hercules) graphics card (remember those?) and a special portrait graphics card that should come with the monitor. The monochrome one is connected to the D9 connector and is used only in a compatibility mode, showing a picture about half vertical size and full horizontal size in the middle of the screen. The special card is connected to the D25 connector and when active (needs special driver), generates the full portrait picture. Regrading portrait monitors, oddly enough some of the newest ATI Radeon cards for the PC will generate a 90 deg rotated picture, and mirrored, too. This would of course require you to tip your monitor over to the side. I just installed one for a friend here and activated the option by accident - and got a surprise. Nasta
