Mirror Technologies PixelView 1 compatible interface cards?

Elemenoh

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The back of this monitor has two model numbers listed: 01-MIR1503A and T1015-AT, but it seems like this would have been marketed as the PixelView 1.

The ad in MacWorld for this model says it would have shipped with an interface card. What card would that have been? The manual doesn't seem to be anywhere online nor info about which cards this might be compatible with, like perhaps the PageView card.

If you happen to know what card it would have been sold with and/or which it is compatible with, please chime in.

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I always get excited when I see a non-Apple B&W CRT appear. There were no doubt hoards of them sold, but where are they all today? Were they all just thrown out because they lacked an Apple logo on them? Glad to see the previous owner of that Mirror brand FPD took good care of it.

Regarding a compatible video card...
Your monitor clearly isn't VGA because VGA is 3 rows of 5 pins, while your connector is only 2 rows.

VGA connector:
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However, I did find photos of a Mirror Technologies video card for the Mac SE here. Some of the discussion there may prove useful.
 
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I remember my mom wanting that monitor back in the day when she was teaching but not getting it because it was too expensive. Wowsa, 😯 that 1991 $497 is like $1200 bucks in 2025 funny money. I see where she was coming from.

I would love to have something similar for my SE.

Best of luck locating literature. I perused the interwebs including wayback and found diddly and squat :( JDW to the rescue!
 
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