2nd display resolution question

RedCroissant · Apr 22, 2013

Hello all!

I would very much like to use a 2nd display for my iBook G4(1.33 GHz) but don't like the way that the resolution for the secondary display is limited to the 1024 X 768 that I already have on the iBook itself. Does anyone know a way around this?

simsaladimbamba · Apr 22, 2013

ScreenSpanningDoctor or so, I do not know which resolution it does support though.

chibiterasu · Apr 22, 2013

Yes screen spanning doctor should support you vga monitor no matter what the resolution as long as its has a vga input (I use a 1280x1024 iMac G4 and its just fine with it) Screen spanning doctor should also be fully compatible with your graphics chip (whether thats a radeon 9200, 9500 or 9550 depending on what ibook you have)

Hope this helps

RedCroissant · Apr 22, 2013

simsaladimbamba said:
ScreenSpanningDoctor or so, I do not know which resolution it does support though.

chibiterasu said:
Yes screen spanning doctor should support you vga monitor no matter what the resolution as long as its has a vga input (I use a 1280x1024 iMac G4 and its just fine with it) Screen spanning doctor should also be fully compatible with your graphics chip (whether thats a radeon 9200, 9500 or 9550 depending on what ibook you have)

Hope this helps

Thanks!!! What if I picked up an older Apple display that's 1680 X 1050? I found the Screen Spanning Doctor by the way(it was linked to in the iBook G4 spec sheet at everymac.com)

Intell · Apr 22, 2013

That old iBook should be able to drive any VGA display. It'd reach the limitations of VGA before you'd hit the iBook's limitations. Although it would start to show some slow downs near the bigger screen sizes due to its small VRAM. But it should be able to drive that screen nicely.

Anonymous Freak · Apr 22, 2013

As others have said, you'll need a VGA display. Which rules out (basically all) of Apple's flat-panel displays. You'd be better off with a cheapo PC LCD.

Intell · Apr 22, 2013

Anonymous Freak said:
As others have said, you'll need a VGA display. Which rules out (basically all) of Apple's flat-panel displays. You'd be better off with a cheapo PC LCD.

There is one, and only one VGA LCD Apple display. The venerable Blue and White Apple Studio display. While some of Apple's later CRT displays have high resolutions up to 1600 x 1200, none of them have a native resolution of 1680 X 1050.

Anonymous Freak · Apr 22, 2013

Intell said:
There is one, and only one VGA LCD Apple display. The venerable Blue and White Apple Studio display. While some of Apple's later CRT displays have high resolutions up to 1600 x 1200, none of them have a native resolution of 1680 X 1050.

Yup, and I have that one B&W Studio Display.

(I used to have the predecessor "dark blue" Studio Display with the old-school proprietary Apple DB-15 connector, too - but it died so I gave it away to someone who was going to try to repair it.)

Intell · Apr 22, 2013

Anonymous Freak said:
Yup, and I have that one B&W Studio Display. (I used to have the predecessor "dark blue" Studio Display with the old-school proprietary Apple DB-15 connector, too - but it died so I gave it away to someone who was going to try to repair it.)

Yea, I have one too. Not the best display. Very dim at only 200 cd/m². Better than the dark blue's 180 cd/m². Good for use in a darkish room and an old ADB/VGA equipped Mac and a GameCube.

Anonymous Freak · Apr 22, 2013

Intell said:
Yea, I have one too. Not the best display. Very dim at only 200 cd/m². Better than the dark blue's 180 cd/m². Good for use in a darkish room and an old ADB/VGA equipped Mac and a GameCube.

I use mine as my server screen. Hrm, that's right, it has composite input... I should use it for my Apple II, as well...

Intell · Apr 22, 2013

Anonymous Freak said:
I use mine as my server screen. Hrm, that's right, it has composite input... I should use it for my Apple II, as well...

If you haven't done so already, I highly suggest using OS 9's Monitors control panel to set the alignment via ADB. It is much better than using the on screen menu and buttons.

kalel77 · Apr 23, 2013

if I was you I would not waste time looking for an apple display, I got a NEC EX231W from Amazon and works simply great with my powerbook G4 at any resolutions!!! Think about it too.
Cheers.

Anonymous Freak · Apr 29, 2013

Intell said:
If you haven't done so already, I highly suggest using OS 9's Monitors control panel to set the alignment via ADB. It is much better than using the on screen menu and buttons.

The server in question is actually a quad-socket Itanium.

The Apple IIc on top is also used as a serial terminal via its IIc mini monochrome screen.

Intell · Apr 29, 2013

Anonymous Freak said:
The server in question is actually a quad-socket Itanium. The Apple IIc on top is also used as a serial terminal via its IIc mini monochrome screen.

Well you can still calibrate is on an OS 9 machine with the resolution and hertz set to the same as that of the target machine. The calibration will stay and it'll look nicer when done.

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