Re: Old monitor, new video card. Compatible?
- From: Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:43:09 +0100
BP writes:
> Thanks for the info. My card has 2 connections, one analog, one DVI. I
> figure I can just set the video on low res for the setup and change it when
> I finally hook it up to the LCD monitor.
Exactly. That should work fine. Hook up the old monitor to the
analog output of the video card.
> And I don't know if the monitor still produces a usable image. It's been
> packed in it's original carton and stored since 1988. I switched it on, but
> it doesn't produce a test pattern like modern monitors do, so who knows?
You're saying you've never actually seen it work before, on any
computer?
If it's brand-new, it should still work. I don't recall anything in
CRTs that will deteriorate much over time if the CRT is never actually
used.
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