Re: Old monitor, new video card. Compatible?
- From: "BP" <replytoall@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:40:42 -0500
"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
No, I used it from 92 to 98, then packed it up and stored it until now.
.
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