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russotto · 06-05-2002, 01:32 PM

Is probably a TFB (Toby Frame Buffer) card, though it could be the 8*24 or the infamous 8*24GC card. If the first, 640*480 is your only real choice.

I wouldn't bother trying to dig up a genuine Apple monitor of that era. Any monitor that old is going to be in bad shape -- CRTs fade with age, and capacitors tend to dry out in monitors. Use a PC monitor and an adapter which actually works. The usual reason for the green tinge is a monitor which can't handle sync-on-green. I think there are adaptors which will filter the sync, and some monitors should accept it. Also some of the cards could have it turned off, but I don't think the feature was ever user-accessible.

06-05-2002, 01:32 PM	#2
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Re: Finding a monitor for my Mac IIfx Is probably a TFB (Toby Frame Buffer) card, though it could be the 824 or the infamous 824GC card. If the first, 640*480 is your only real choice. I wouldn't bother trying to dig up a genuine Apple monitor of that era. Any monitor that old is going to be in bad shape -- CRTs fade with age, and capacitors tend to dry out in monitors. Use a PC monitor and an adapter which actually works. The usual reason for the green tinge is a monitor which can't handle sync-on-green. I think there are adaptors which will filter the sync, and some monitors should accept it. Also some of the cards could have it turned off, but I don't think the feature was ever user-accessible.