I recently purchased a NEC LCD 1550X lcd monitor (from The Monitor
Outlet). It claims to be both PC and Mac compatible- I have not checked
that. I have found two other used for it.
First: As a extra display to put close to the 500 magnet for viewing
during wobble. (Our lab is configured such that the standard monitor is not
visible from the magnet.)
Output of SGI O2 >> splitter >> standard analog to digital cable >>
digital input of screen
Works like a charm. I did not reconfigre the computer display at all. It
is still set for (and displays to) the SGI monitor.
splitter is PIY-See-two Dual Monitor adapter ($70 from Tiger Direct
(thanks Clemens))
a 1 meter analog to digital cable came with the monitor- I purchased a
15 foot version from the local computer cable company
Second: As a replacement for my Aspect 3000 EGA monitor!!!!! Yes, the
spec for the LCD is 30kHz sync and the EGA standard is 15 or so. Doesn't
seem to matter. The display is so much clearer than the aging ega monitor
I was using. Best of all- no special components.
Video output of A3000 (unhook from old monitor) >>> EGA/VGA adapter >>>>
gender changer (I goofed on the adapter)>>> analog to digital cable >>
digital input of screen.
EGA/VGA adapter I got from local computer cable company
gender changer as well (this is unnecessary if you get the correct
adapter)
analog to digital cable is the one that came with the LCD
This particular model of LCD is pretty high end- has both digital and
analog inputs. We purchased it (partly) to use as a tester and because
we didn't know if we needed analog or digital. I see no reason why a
cheaper digital input only LCD would not work. In fact, we have one on
order to replace our failing EGA monitor.
Karen Ann Smith karenann_at_unm.edu
Director, NMR Facility Adj. Asst. Prof.
Dept. of Chemistry Clark Hall
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131
505.277.4031 url: http://www.unm.edu/~karenann
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Received on Fri Aug 23 2002 - 17:32:12 MST