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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: dfreniche on September 17, 2007, 10:28:35 AM

Title: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: dfreniche on September 17, 2007, 10:28:35 AM

Maybe I can get one of these. Is there of any use? Can I connect the Amiga to that monitor? Max Resolutions? Maybe 640x480 on a standard AGA A1200? Flickering?
Any advices / previous experiences?
Thanks a lot!

Title: Re: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: keropi on September 17, 2007, 10:37:14 AM

it must be a 15khz monitor...
assuming it is, you will get flicker, and the interlace effect... max 15khz resolution would be 640x512 IIRC (perhaps more with overscan), it is a long time since I used aga for wb so I don't remember well...

Title: Re: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: T3000 on September 17, 2007, 08:58:48 PM

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dfreniche wrote:Can I connect the Amiga to that monitor?

The monitor cable connector is not compatible, different type of connector shape. Just looed at the old Mac Performa setting in back of the shop used for billing.

Title: Re: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: Zac67 on September 17, 2007, 09:38:33 PM

I don't think Macs ever used 15 kHz monitors... The early color monitor were all very VGAish.

Title: Re: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: amiga_3k on September 17, 2007, 10:00:39 PM

I had a few Mac monitors, sad thing is, they were single-sync and...  limited to one or two resolutions. And none of them where compatible with the Amiga. Some of the newer should be somehow capable of VGA-like signals tho. There are cable-adaptor schematics on the net. Best is to check on the internet for available resolutions and scan-rates before even go into the trouble of adapting a Mac monitor.

Title: Re: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: pan1k on September 17, 2007, 10:05:14 PM

it could work.. find a mac to vga adaptor.. and then a vga to to amiga adaptor... but then you'd be limited to productivity unless you had a scandoubler or a 3rd party video card for your amiga...

Title: Re: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: dfreniche on October 12, 2007, 04:44:11 PM

@all: thanks a lot. Finally I bought the performa. Monitor is not compatible. Well, after all it costs me just 10 eur., and is fully working, so maybe I will be selling or using it in the not too distant future.
Thanks again

Title: Re: Anyone here uses a Mac Performa monitor with his/her Amiga?
Post by: RW222 on October 12, 2007, 05:00:10 PM

Monitor world says...
http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/apple/performadisplaym9101lld.html