I'm thinking of getting one because I like its exterior. But I'm not into PS/2 machines and my interest is focused in late 486/early Pentium era. How compatible are these monitors with, say, a 486DX4-100 machine, or maybe a Pentium MMX? What is the maximum resolution? Are there any quirks or bugs?
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According to Wikipedia there are a ton of different ps/2 monitor models - from a 12" 640x480 max res to 16″ 1280×1024. You also might want to look at the refresh rate range, most dont seem to exceed 60hz some even less.
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I had got a PS/2 monitor that worked with the ATI VGA Wonder built into my 286..
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Be careful -- IIRC, some (like the 8514) will do 640x480 and 1024x768, but not 800x600. Multi-sync but not variable sync. Other than that, they should be analog VGA like any other. I don't have an IBM monitor, but my PS/2 with VGA output drives a normal display (CRT, LCD, OSSC) just fine.
Yeah model no. would help.
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The original 8513 12" monitor is very picky - it does VGA and VGA only, 320x200/240 and 640x480. Slight variance in input can cause artifacts. I have one (for nostalgia's sake - from 1988-1995 we had a PS/2 model 70 with one) and happened to use it for testing some old crap last weekend. Using regular VGA cards worked fine, but when I used my MCE2VGA adapter, it went wobbly with the output converted from EGA text mode (i.e. POST screen).
Nice bits of nostalgia, but not something I'd recommend as a versatile all-round monitor, definitely not useful for later >=486 SVGA stuff
