TOPIC ---------------------------------------------
I have a Macintosh II 8-Bit Video Card and one Macintosh II Portrait Display
Video Card in a Macintosh IIcx. I've transported the Macintosh back and forth
between two locations, one with an RGB monitor and the other with a Portrait
Display monitor.
If the Portrait Display monitor is not connected, the Control Panel has no
monitor selection and the Macintosh transfers all open windows and startup
information (menu bar) to the RGB monitor. (This must be a new feature of the
Portrait Display board only.) When I connect the Portrait Display and no RGB
monitor, all of the information is output to the RGB card, and I cannot revert
via the Control Panel.
It seems that only the Portrait Display Video Card senses if a monitor is
connected. Can I make the RGB monitor disappear in the same way as the
Portrait Display without pulling the card each time I transfer the Macintosh
(my current strategy)?
Is this a new feature and will all new monitor boards have it?
DISCUSSION ---------------------------------------------
Yes, this is a new feature that has been included in the Macintosh II
Portrait Display Video Card and the Two-Page Monochrome Monitor Video Card.
This feature will most likely be included in all of our future video cards.
There is no way to modify the Macintosh II 1-Bit Video Card, 4-Bit Video
Card, or 8-Bit Video Card to behave in this manner.