Hi,

I know this is the wrong forum to ask - but I am using this PowerMac
7200 for my Apple II "disk convertor" - I primary use it to create
3.5" disks for my Apple IIGS to use, based on the disk images I have
collected from Internet. However, the monitor is now dead, and I can't
create new disks... and I don't read Mac forum...

I do have a spare VGA monitor that I can use, but what type of cable
can I buy for this PowerMac to connect to VGA monitor?

limtc wrote:
Hi,

I know this is the wrong forum to ask - but I am using this PowerMac
7200 for my Apple II "disk convertor" - I primary use it to create
3.5" disks for my Apple IIGS to use, based on the disk images I have
collected from Internet. However, the monitor is now dead, and I can't
create new disks... and I don't read Mac forum...

I do have a spare VGA monitor that I can use, but what type of cable
can I buy for this PowerMac to connect to VGA monitor?

You need a little converter to plug the high-density 15-pin plug on the VGA
monitor into the low-density 15-pin connector on the Mac.  This is an
extremely common item.  Try eBay, followed by some of the larger cable
suppliers.

I know this is the wrong forum to ask - but I am using this PowerMac
7200 for my Apple II "disk convertor" - I primary use it to create
3.5" disks for my Apple IIGS to use, based on the disk images I have
collected from Internet. However, the monitor is now dead, and I can't
create new disks... and I don't read Mac forum...

I do have a spare VGA monitor that I can use, but what type of cable
can I buy for this PowerMac to connect to VGA monitor?

The one with the DIP switches lets you have a bit more control over the
available resolutions, but I've never had a problem using the simple
ones like the first one listed.

Some really old Macs only support fixed sizes, so you'd need the adapter
with DIP switches if you were using a late 1980s or early 1990s era Mac.
I seem to recall that the original Mac LC (1990) falls into this camp. A
more modern Mac like a Quadra or PowerMac should be fine with multiscan,
and I'd expect the unswitched adapter to work.

--
David Empson
demp... at (no spam) actrix.gen.nz

Greg Buchner wrote:

The one with the DIP switches lets you have a bit more control over the
available resolutions, but I've never had a problem using the simple
ones like the first one listed.

Doesn't the control panel on the Mac permit you to manually select what would
otherwise be automagically determined by reading the DIP switches?

Any idea for a PowerMac 7200? Does this one need a dip switch for
resolution switching?

On 5?10?, ??8?34?, demp... at (no spam) actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

Some really old Macs only support fixed sizes, so you'd need the adapter
with DIP switches if you were using a late 1980s or early 1990s era Mac.
I seem to recall that the original Mac LC (1990) falls into this camp. A
more modern Mac like a Quadra or PowerMac should be fine with multiscan,
and I'd expect the unswitched adapter to work.

On Sat, 9 May 2009, limtc wrote:
Any idea for a PowerMac 7200? Does this one need a dip switch for
resolution switching?

Keep in mind that the adaptors are just the two needed connectors,
and a set of switches. There is nothing to prevent someone from wiring
up two connectors properly, and then wiring the needed pins to a fixed
format. The switches just make it easier. Old books would have
the information about the adapters, and I would assume a websearch
would turn it up too.

On 5ÔÂ10ÈÕ, ÉÏÎç11ʱ26·Ö, Michael Black <et... at (no spam) ncf.ca> wrote:

On Sat, 9 May 2009, limtc wrote:
Any idea for a PowerMac 7200? Does this one need a dip switch for
resolution switching?

Keep in mind that the adaptors are just the two needed connectors,
and a set of switches. There is nothing to prevent someone from wiring
up two connectors properly, and then wiring the needed pins to a fixed
format. The switches just make it easier. Old books would have
the information about the adapters, and I would assume a websearch
would turn it up too.

Thanks! Hardware side is beyond me... I do hope to find such cable in
Singapore though...

If you can't find one locally, let me know and I'll send you one.
I've got several in my box that I don't use.http://picasaweb.google.com/simplepractices/FSLowEndMac#5280553382288...

/Peter

Pitz, thank you!

I am still hunting around, cannot find anything yet.

I am trying to help my son Ding Wen bring Cartooners Space Art disk
from Internet to the real GS, without it, he can only work
on the emulator. He is trying to create a space story based on
Cartooners (cool huh? A real Apple IIGS project).

On May 11, 4:22 am, limtc <thyech... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Pitz, thank you!

I am still hunting around, cannot find anything yet.

I am trying to help my son Ding Wen bring Cartooners Space Art disk
from Internet to the real GS, without it, he can only work
on the emulator. He is trying to create a space story based on
Cartooners (cool huh? A real Apple IIGS project).

Thye Chean,

just out of curiosity where did you get the Space Art disk for
Cartooners for the GS from? Since I watched the videos you did with
your kids I've been thinking about messing with it and wouldn't mind
having an additional art disk for it.

Thanks,
Dean

Thye Chean,

just out of curiosity where did you get the Space Art disk for
Cartooners for the GS from? Since I watched the videos you did with
your kids I've been thinking about messing with it and wouldn't mind
having an additional art disk for it.

Thanks,
Dean

Hi,

Mike is right, I got it from "What Is The Apple IIGS" site (probably
the most complete site out there for Apple IIGS).

Ding Wen has completed doing the Invader War story animated using the
Space Art on the emulator, however for some reasons we just wanted to
do and run it on a real GS. :)