Using 1490 monitor on another machine

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4 total messages Started by Candace O'Connor Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:41

#20

Author: Candace O'Connor
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:41

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Hello.  I have one Zenith 16MHz 386 (DX) machine left in my lab.  It
has only the 640K RAM it was born with; I'd rather use an abacus than
pay what Zenith wants for more memory for this machine :-). I upgraded 
another such machine to a 40 MHz 386 with a replacement motherboard with
4 Mb, and that worked out real well. But at the price of desktops now 
I can just about buy another machine for the price of the motherboard 
- *especially* if I can still use my 1490 monitor.

So, what I want to do is buy another machine without monitor or floppies
and use the ones I have.  Does anyone know of any reason why I cannot
just plug the card and 1490 monitor into a new machine?  

Please reply to this newsgroup or via email.  I really appreciate any
opinions/insights/experiences anyone is willing to share!

Thank you,

Candace S. O'Connor
Biology Department

h2co@odin.cc.pdx.edu

Re: Using 1490 monitor on another machine

#21

Author: Jay Joiner
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 02:21

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In <5932@pdxgate.UUCP> h2co@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Candace O'Connor) writes:

>I can just about buy another machine for the price of the motherboard 
>- *especially* if I can still use my 1490 monitor.

>So, what I want to do is buy another machine without monitor or floppies
>and use the ones I have.  Does anyone know of any reason why I cannot
>just plug the card and 1490 monitor into a new machine?  

The video card is a standard ISA VGA card that should work in any machine.
I have used mine in conjunction with a Western Digital 8514/A adapter
using the pass-through edge connector.

The monitor will work with any standard VGA card, but not SVGA, since 
it can only display 640x480 max. resolution.  I have used the monitor with
a basic Paradise (i.e., Western Digital) VGA card.

Jay Joiner

Re: Using 1490 monitor on another machine

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Author: Chad Price
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:01

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joiner@cs.umn.edu (Jay Joiner) writes:

>In <5932@pdxgate.UUCP> h2co@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Candace O'Connor) writes:

>>I can just about buy another machine for the price of the motherboard 
>>- *especially* if I can still use my 1490 monitor.

>>So, what I want to do is buy another machine without monitor or floppies
>>and use the ones I have.  Does anyone know of any reason why I cannot
>>just plug the card and 1490 monitor into a new machine?  

>The video card is a standard ISA VGA card that should work in any machine.
>I have used mine in conjunction with a Western Digital 8514/A adapter
>using the pass-through edge connector.

I have an original Z-396/16 and the video card which came with it is NOT a
standard VGA card. The original card in these was the Z-449, which is a pooly
executed, incompatible EGA card with a VGA resolution mode which requires
special drivers. 

If you have the Z-549 card you may have better luck, but if you have the Z-449,
junk it and buy a cheap VGA clone. I bought an ATI Basic-16 VGA and it works
fine. 

>The monitor will work with any standard VGA card, but not SVGA, since 
>it can only display 640x480 max. resolution.  I have used the monitor with
>a basic Paradise (i.e., Western Digital) VGA card.
Yes - this is correct.

--
chad
price@helios.unl.edu
cprice@molecular.unmc.edu

Re: Using 1490 monitor on another machine

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Author: Dave Chasey
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:53

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In article <price.712245709@helios>, price@helios.unl.edu (Chad  Price) writes:
...
|> 
|> I have an original Z-396/16 and the video card which came with it is NOT a
|> standard VGA card. The original card in these was the Z-449, which is a pooly
|> executed, incompatible EGA card with a VGA resolution mode which requires
|> special drivers. 
...
|> --
|> chad
|> price@helios.unl.edu
|> cprice@molecular.unmc.edu

True, the 449 isn't a "real" VGA card, but they are nice for testing other
monitors out, since they can be set for MGA (I think), CGA, EGA, and VGA
monitors.   If anyone is planning on tossing them out, let me know, I can 
give a couple of them a good home.......  

Thanks.....Dave Chasey -- wn9nbt@ecn.purdue.edu

-- 
Dave Chasey - Hardware Systems Engineer
Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285  (317) 494-6425
Internet: wn9nbt@ecn.purdue.edu  UUCP: pur-ee!wn9nbt

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