> I've got a G3 Beige OS9.1 and I just bought a flat LCD screen X223W Q > (Acer) wich was supposed to be "plug and play", according to the > salesman.
> Its not, it needs a 1680x1050 (60Hz) resolution, wich I don't have (see > pic).
> Any idea ?
There is no pic to see, general rule of thumb is, you can't post binaries (attachments) on non-binary groups like this one. Most servers will drop it, or the whole post.
Anyway, it might take some digging around but there used to be a control panel available (shareware, was like $10 or $15 to the author) that under OS9.1 allowed you to select any resolution you wanted.
Keep in mind though, you are dealing with a 10+ year old mac and even if the video card (on board I guess) can be pushed that hard, I really don't think the performance is going to be that hot. I think the most I ever used on my G3 is 1280x1024.
You do have one or two old-style pci slots in there, a new video card could be the answer but finding one might be a problem, likely they all went out of favor at the turn of the century.
You really over bought the monitor, see if the place you got it from has a plug-and-play return policy. Generally LCD monitors have a native resolution they display at and you need to match the machine to it rather than the old style CRT's where the resolution could be dumbed up/down to match.
Either that or just scrap the G3 and save your small local currency for a Mac Mini.
