On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 02:06:32 -0500
Charles Shannon Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Gray wrote:
> >>I have a Radius Precision Color 8*24 card sold by NEC...The card's
> >>control panel let's you select among various NEC monitors. The
> >>maximum resolution allowed is 640x480....Is this just a matter of
> >>using the Radius drivers and control panels instead of the NEC
> >>software, or is this something built-into the ROM?
> >
> >
> > Try them and see.
>
> I might do that. But for the moment, I can't (that Mac is in
> storage now).
>
> > I think the card senses the monitor. If the
> > monitor isn't set up to provide the sensing lines with the correct
> > info, the control panel won't give you all the options the card is
> > capable of. A monitor adaptor might be able to help here by
> > providing the sensor line with info that simulates other a monitor
> > with various resolution and color capabilities.
>
> The Sony monitors like I have support this, and I have a Sony Mac
> adapter that came with it, or you can use a Mac-to-BNC cable.
>
> I thought there might be a way to give it a better monitor database.
>
> The Radius drivers I use only list a pair of Apple monitors as
> options. Is there any way to get these drivers to do more?
>
> I know hindsight is 20/20, but I can't understand why anyone would
> make a driver without the ability to be altered or updated.
What kind of adaptor are you using with the NEC monitor? The (smaller) FG
series came with an "FG" adaptor from NEC, 1 of which I have; it only
supports 640 x 480. There were other adaptors -- NEC used to ship them to
you for free if you were a Mac owner & could give them a serial # for your
NEC monitor. I don't think Mitsubushi has continued the policy...but 1 can
try.
I collected 2 more of them, as I upgraded by Macs, & they would ship me a
new adaptor, if I comlained that I couldn't get all the resolutions that
my new Mac video outputs were capable of. Even if I hadn't asked for
1.... Had something to do with their standing behind their claim that any
NEC monitor would be 100% compatible with the Mac. (Who of the major PC
hardware manufacturers feels that way any more?) Very nice company. Very nice
picture on their tubes, too! I have 1 adaptor that will go to 832 x 624, &
1 that will go to 1024 x 768.
Of course there are other, 3rd party adaptors. It would probably be
worthwhile to get 1 of the 1s that have dip switches, & then play around
with it to see which resolutions your Mac will support. As was stated, the
sense-lines in the newer Macs (generally LC III & later) will enable more
resolutions in the monitors control panel, even without upgrading the
software, as the capacities of a new monitor are sensed. So should the
Radius software. Have you got Dynamic Desktop installed?
--
Over,
Jutso
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