Re: 16:9 displays possible on MacOS 8.6
On 7/10/15 9:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jul 8, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Neil Hughes wrote: Having just introduced my B&W G3 PowerMac to its first non-CRT display, I've hit a problem. It's an AOC 2050 20" monitor with a native resolution of 1600x900. In OSX 10.4 (via a drive moved from my now deceased G3 iMac) and MacOS 9.2.2 it works fine in this resolution (looks great), but in MacOS 8.6 I can't get anything higher than 1024x768 and nothing in 16:9 format, just 4:3. Can 8.6 handle widescreen monitors? Has anybody got one running at 1600x900, etc. The display control panel shows "2050" in 8.6, so it should be getting the native resolution back from the monitor. There’s an extension, iirc it’s called ‘switchres’? That allows you to select ‘unsupported’ resolutions; I used it back in the 8.6 daysto support a larger monitor. also multiresolutions which i used -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: 16:9 displays possible on MacOS 8.6
> On Jul 8, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Neil Hughes wrote: > > Having just introduced my B&W G3 PowerMac to its first non-CRT display, I've > hit a problem. It's an AOC 2050 20" monitor with a native resolution of > 1600x900. > > In OSX 10.4 (via a drive moved from my now deceased G3 iMac) and MacOS 9.2.2 > it works fine in this resolution (looks great), but in MacOS 8.6 I can't get > anything higher than 1024x768 and nothing in 16:9 format, just 4:3. > > Can 8.6 handle widescreen monitors? Has anybody got one running at 1600x900, > etc. The display control panel shows "2050" in 8.6, so it should be getting > the native resolution back from the monitor. There’s an extension, iirc it’s called ‘switchres’? That allows you to select ‘unsupported’ resolutions; I used it back in the 8.6 daysto support a larger monitor. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.