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Tom Berriman <Frogoz@xplt.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Can anyone help me find info on an adaptor that Apple claim exists which
> allows me to plug my PB 160's monitor out port into a 16" RGB Monitor
> (1710 without AppleVision hardware), not the powerbook tail thing, but an
> actual adaptor as my PB can only handle 640x480, and the monitor only
> displays 832x624. I guess it cuts some size down somewhere. Either way I
> don't care what it does, so long as it does it. I need that monitor

I used to have a PowerBook 180 which I connected to a Sony 15sf using a
VGA adaptor with a little knob for changing resolutions; the resolutions
available that were usable by the PowerBook were either 640x480 or
832x624 (processor cycling is switched on when using the higher
resolution). Because the resolutions are set by the adaptor, one can't
change resolutions on the fly.

The difference between the Sony monitor and the Apple is that the Sony
has a VGA plug and the Apple doesn't. However, the 1710 monitor comes
bundled with a VGA adaptor, and if you added this on to the switchable
VGA adaptor, I see no reason why this wouldn't work, though it's not an
elegant solution.

If you wish to try this solution out, I have both adaptors which are of
no use to me anymore.