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Portrait Cable Adapter hack

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-10-15 09:15:07 mcd was having trouble locating a cable for his Macintosh Portrait Display recently and the problem has cropped up before, sooo . . . I'd snagged a clearanced Griffin Technology 21" Two Page Display/Portrait Display cable when I liberated mthe Portrait at Tekserve back when both were fairly newly passe, but I was getting a 21" two page image compressed horizontally onto the Portrait's single full page screen. I called and spoke to a very knowledgeable engineer who said they had probably mixed up the cables during packaging and they could send a replacement when they could find one. It became clear to him that I was in a hurry to play with my new toy, so he half serioustly suggested building an adapter . . . . . . then he noodled out the pinouts for me right then and there. ;D I'll try to get the get it back together correctly and document the pinouts for the hack when I get a round tuit or more quickly upon request. She may be ugly, but she sure can cook and the 21" cables are a lot more common than the Portrait cables. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ No connection to seller/site, but had to link to this 68k retroglam page when I googlepic'd the image. http://myoldmac.net/SELL/apple-portraitmoni.htm

Posted by: MinerAl on 2013-10-15 13:00:56 So are those a standard 4:3 CRT just sideways? Sure looks more like 3:5 but not quite 1:2. EDIT: 640x870 is a lot closer to 3:4 than to 3:5 like I was thinking.

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-10-15 14:41:50 612 x 792 = 8.5 x 11 aspect ratio at 72dpi . . . . . . with 78 pixels vertically and 28 pixels horizontally left for window borders, menus & palettes. [😉] ]'>

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-10-15 14:53:26 I ended up with a 6-foot DB15 to 13W3 cable made for the color two-page display. It works on my Portrait. I'm told it will work with Mono two-page and Portrait displays but the mono cables will not work with the color two-page.

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-10-15 14:57:18 So how are you likin' your RFI Generation Unit? 😉

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-10-15 15:08:42 Needs a little massaging but a little peroxide made its plastics look like new.

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-10-15 21:52:51 I put up some pics, jt

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-10-15 22:22:55 Looks about usual . . . . . . FABULOUS! Nice product photography once more, but you cheat by not showing the cables. 😛 Portrait is still too high though, I tried to use it on top of my IIci to do some writing ten years ago and I gave up on the combo.

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-10-16 09:43:47 But it belongs there :lol: You can see the cables hiding back here.

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-10-16 11:08:22 Not at standard desktop height, try it. }🙂 My bedroom workstation is a keyboard height desk, I'll move the Pismo/BookEndz Dock and see how the Portrait works on top of the IIcx. It'll probably be a bit low, but I could always . . . . . . add BananaMacFeets™ Gotta love the . . . . . . BananaMacMousePro™

Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-10-16 11:26:49 Ha! That's awesome. Oliver Wendell will be jealous.

Posted by: NickNick on 2013-10-17 08:37:58 Woah...That computer is sweet! Never seen a monitor like that before....Like the arcade games back when I was a kid.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2013-10-24 11:27:51 I tell ya, if I were a millionaire there'd be a few things I'd do: first, I'd completely fund all the kickass projects on here and VCF. You guys do incredible work. Second, I'd have a Special Edition version of Dark Castle with levels made just for the full page display. 😀 Maybe call it: Dungeons of Dark Castle.

Posted by: Bunsen on 2013-10-26 00:05:08 Trash80 - where did you find the patchable adapter thingum?

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