I found an auction pic showing the circular and track indents on the base of the Portrait. The 12" RGB has exactly(? guesstimate, I'm not pulling the Portrait out of the AppleDisplayUnit™ for verification) the same configuration:
Never having seen the base IRL, it appears to me that mounting tracks probably secured the monitors laterally while the standard feets kept it clear of the base for adequate ventilation. I've got some pics of it somewhere, but don't recall that. Another member offered me one at some point, but I've got no real use for it and way too much stuff as it is. DuoDock height is nearly as nicely fitting as the Q475 base for the Portrait.
Has your 13" RGB got similar fittings? It makes sense that early Monitors would come stock w/o the base. They were mostly small and sitting them atop the Macintosh II and IIx (the only Macs that could use them in that time frame) put them at an ergonomic height, if not angle. The TPD had its own base for obvious reasons, but the Potrait could conceivably be used atop the II series without a base. That put it too high when I tried it. Sitting next to the IIci put it too low, but sitting atop the Quadra 605 or at a jauntier angle atop the Quadra 475 was just about perfect. Is your base about equivalent to sitting the monitor on an LC series case?
Looking forward to seeing your pics. [
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edit: LOL, beat me to the punch, thanks for the linkage! Makes me wonder if the "tracks" are PCB supports, stiffeners or just really long bezel retention screw access slots? Maybe all of the above?
Never having seen the base IRL, it appears to me that mounting tracks probably secured the monitors laterally while the standard feets kept it clear of the base for adequate ventilation. I've got some pics of it somewhere, but don't recall that. Another member offered me one at some point, but I've got no real use for it and way too much stuff as it is. DuoDock height is nearly as nicely fitting as the Q475 base for the Portrait.
Has your 13" RGB got similar fittings? It makes sense that early Monitors would come stock w/o the base. They were mostly small and sitting them atop the Macintosh II and IIx (the only Macs that could use them in that time frame) put them at an ergonomic height, if not angle. The TPD had its own base for obvious reasons, but the Potrait could conceivably be used atop the II series without a base. That put it too high when I tried it. Sitting next to the IIci put it too low, but sitting atop the Quadra 605 or at a jauntier angle atop the Quadra 475 was just about perfect. Is your base about equivalent to sitting the monitor on an LC series case?
Looking forward to seeing your pics. [
] ]'>edit: LOL, beat me to the punch, thanks for the linkage! Makes me wonder if the "tracks" are PCB supports, stiffeners or just really long bezel retention screw access slots? Maybe all of the above?