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lordpenguin
4 MB  Posts: 5 
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on: June 06, 2011, 15:10
Ok, so I have been narrowing my sights in on a computer for creative writing purposes. Of course I could use anything under the sun for that, but i get distracted easily. That said, I have been looking for a machine that will allow me to do this on a nice new monitor and be distraction free. I am very close to pulling the trigger on a 9600 on eBay for next to nothing. I can only assume that a Radeon 7000 PCI is what will take me there... Would anyone like to experience thier experiences with 7.6.1 on a widescreen monitor? Thanks! |
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24bit
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64 MB Posts: 91
Reply #1 on: June 06, 2011, 22:47
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Hello, I never managed to have my PowerMac display widescreen resolutions. This seems to be a common issue: http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/296207-how-avoid-conflict-between-os-9-10-wide-screen-monitor.html On the other hand, SheepShaver, emulating a PPC604 machine can be set to any desired resolution at will. I have 7.6 running in fullscreen 1680x1050 but thats certainly due to SheepShaver´s patching ROM, video and a lot more.
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lordpenguin
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4 MB Posts: 5
Reply #2 on: June 07, 2011, 12:48
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Thanks for the reply! I am not sure this applies to me though. I won't be in a dual-boot environment and I won't be using OS 9. I am curious, specifically, what widescreen resolutions are supported so that I can buy a display accordingly. Thanks.
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24bit
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64 MB Posts: 91
Reply #3 on: June 08, 2011, 14:55
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The PM 9600´s TwinTurbo 128, 8MB from Integrated Micro Solutions is said to support resolutions to 1280 x 1024 at 24 bits and up to 1600 x 1200 at maybe 16 bit. I doubt 7.6 (or Classic) will support wide screen resolutions at all, but tere may be some tweaks or third party drivers. As long as you do not have a widescreen driver, I would rather go for the last NEC displays with pivot option like this one: http://www.reichelt.de/TFT-Displays-ab-48-cm-19-/NEC-EA190M-SW/index.html?;ACTION=3;LA=2;ARTICLE=98331;GROUPID=3990;SID=11TeaMqX8AAAIAACBtWiE264e07768db243a940e6145057684e23 Good luck!
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #4 on: June 08, 2011, 21:06
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Dan our site owner worked on creating a Resolution Manager. This might work to select a resolution for your monitor. As I understand this will allow you to select unsupported resolutions that might cause damage to your video system. So it needs to be used with some caution. bill
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lordpenguin
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4 MB Posts: 5
Reply #5 on: June 08, 2011, 21:13
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Thanks for the advice guys. I think this answer my question pretty well. I was shopping on eBay for 4:3 displays and found that they are very cheap now. I don't need any fancy features, so now I am on the hunt for a 19inch 1280x1024 monitor with a matte LCD. It looks like Dell made ALOT of these for the business market, and they go for around $40 on eBay! Even though I am praying it safe here, don't hesitate to share anything you know about widescreen displays here. Thanks alot.
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Adam The Mac
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Reply #6 on: June 27, 2011, 17:43
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I have Sheepshaver on my Windows [die windows] laptop, and a resolution of 1336x768. The widescreen mac 7.5.5 desktop, for those who have never seen it, looks great! I compared it with my friends Macbook pro, and mac os 7 sure looked like it was the only operating system on my PC! But, there are problems. Some apps run fine and actually look on par w/ todays, for example Virtual Pool, [you can find it in the gaming section of S7T] but others, like games written for the original mac, don't fill up the entire screen and are just a tiny box in the upper left. Best regards, Adam Lechowicz
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hgradeca
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8 MB Posts: 9
Reply #7 on: June 28, 2011, 12:24
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I am using my Power Macintosh 6500 with Samsung T220 widescreen monitor and it works very well.  I have an ATI Rage graphic card in the Mac.Of course, there are black borders both left and right, but thad doesn't bother me too much.
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #8 on: July 01, 2011, 00:25
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Quote from: "hgradeca" I am using my Power Macintosh 6500 with Samsung T220 widescreen monitor and it works very well. This may help you out with that: http://www.nasolab.com/freebies/resolution_manager.hqx?mt=8 It should allow you to select your display's native resolution. Quote This is a 2010 build of an old Mac OS Classic project that detects and allows the setting of all available resolutions for any display attached to your Mac, including ones the regular Monitors control panels do not show. Features a 10-second restore feature in the event you select an incompatible resolution, and the ability to export the detected resolutions as a text file. Consider Resolution Manager unfinished and still in beta. There will be no future updates.
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hgradeca
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8 MB Posts: 9
Reply #9 on: January 24, 2012, 16:30
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Thank you a lot! It seems that I have missed your post until now, sorry! I have tried that program, but it still does not show any widescreen resolutions… So it seems that I'll have to live with black borders. Thanks again for giving me this advice, it was promising.
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #10 on: January 26, 2012, 02:56
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I doubt earlier Rage cards would support widescreen resolutions. The app mentioned above works just fine on Radeons.
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reukiodo
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16 MB Posts: 22 
Reply #11 on: December 01, 2015, 07:42
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I didn't set any resolution and my Radeon 7000 picked up 1680x1050 from my monitor. Another option might be SwitchRes2. http://www.madrau.com/SRXv3/html/SR2/indexSR2.html The author doesn't explicitly support System 7, but should work: "Technically, only the DisplayManager 2.0 and the Appearance Extension are required (included in the System since MacOS  .So, SwitchRes 2 can certainly work with older versions of MacOS, as long as these two components are installed. I tested it with MacOS 7.5.5 & 7.6, but I don't support such configurations." - stephane@madrau.com
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