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vsp · 06-05-2002, 10:08 PM

After doing a little digging, I do have an original (M0201) Mac-II video card, which supports millions of colors but only 640x480 resolution.

I picked up an adapter from Micro Center tonight and plugged it into an old Packard Bell SVGA monitor I had lying around, and the system booted up fine. The green problem is still there, and the ten-dip-switch adapter I have won't solve that -- apparently, it is an incompatibility with the Mac II line specifically, and only certain monitors (a couple of Sony and ViewSonic monitors were listed) are known to play nice. Still, I'm not using this for more than gaming and tinkering right now anyway, so I can live with green if it means I don't have to shell out green...

Damn. Now I have the urge to start haunting eBay for a Quadra.

06-05-2002, 10:08 PM	#3
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	After doing a little digging, I do have an original (M0201) Mac-II video card, which supports millions of colors but only 640x480 resolution. I picked up an adapter from Micro Center tonight and plugged it into an old Packard Bell SVGA monitor I had lying around, and the system booted up fine. The green problem is still there, and the ten-dip-switch adapter I have won't solve that -- apparently, it is an incompatibility with the Mac II line specifically, and only certain monitors (a couple of Sony and ViewSonic monitors were listed) are known to play nice. Still, I'm not using this for more than gaming and tinkering right now anyway, so I can live with green if it means I don't have to shell out green... Damn. Now I have the urge to start haunting eBay for a Quadra.