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Posted by: imactheknife on 2023-08-27 13:37:02
This looks like active matrix. Its for sale, but dont want passive lol.. looks good if its passive |
Posted by: 3lectr1cPPC on 2023-08-27 13:45:32
With a good one, it's really hard to tell directly head on. The best way to tell a really good passive panel apart from an active one is to look at it from an off angle. That will be a dead giveaway, as the passive panels will wash out much worse than active ones will.
I can't tell for that one from the photos, but the 520c did ship with passive, so if it is an active panel, it was swapped. |
Posted by: desertrout on 2023-08-27 13:47:00
That picture quality looks pretty good, but it's hard to tell from a still image... active matrix benefits are mostly seen in the refresh / response. Maybe ask the seller for a video? Or if they know it was bought with the active matrix upgrade? |
Posted by: 3lectr1cPPC on 2023-08-27 15:05:17
I found the same listing - I can tell from one of the other photos where it looks washed out - it’s passive. |
Posted by: imactheknife on 2023-08-27 16:03:32
I found the same listing - I can tell from one of the other photos where it looks washed out - it’s passive. Ok, yeah would love a 540c, but price lol.. was hoping this was an upgrade |
Posted by: 3lectr1cPPC on 2023-08-27 16:08:22
I know right! I got mine in admittedly poor condition but fully working last year at the VCF Swap Meet for $100, thinking I got a decent deal. Managed to haggle down from $150 as I thought that was too much. Then I go more recently to check eBay and I see them going for $200-300! Can't believe it. |
Posted by: croissantking on 2023-08-27 23:47:56
I was lucky to get my 540c for £79 including postage, I think! It was a bit of a beater, and dirty, but fully working. The original owner had more system extensions installed than I could believe. |
Posted by: joshc on 2023-08-28 00:12:09
The original owner had more system extensions installed than I could believe. Did they overlap the Mac OS startup splash screen? That's when you know you definitely have too many extensions installed... |
Posted by: croissantking on 2023-08-28 00:31:36
It was almost two full rows but it took 4 minutes to boot from happy mac to desktop |
Posted by: joshc on 2023-08-28 02:30:12
Something I've wanted to do for a while is see how slow/unstable I could make System 7 by just installing as many shareware extensions/control panels as possible... I'd imagine some of them would cause really weird conflicts, especially the ones that essentially do the same thing. |
Posted by: imactheknife on 2023-08-28 07:38:34
I know right! I got mine in admittedly poor condition but fully working last year at the VCF Swap Meet for $100, thinking I got a decent deal. Managed to haggle down from $150 as I thought that was too much. Then I go more recently to check eBay and I see them going for $200-300! Can't believe it. Yeah Thats sweet! I will Keep looking. I have missed out on a few online, oh well lol. I have a 540 grey scale which is nice too. |
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