On Aug 20, 2008, at 17:47 PM, Ryan Stephens wrote:
I believe that most MacBooks and Powerbooks are designed to run when
closed
if an external monitor, keyboard and mouse are attached.
A dummy monitor, allowing headless operation, can be easily created
using a resistor and a VGA connector, or a MacBook->VGA adaptor.
http://www.mythic-beasts.com/support/macminicolo_howto.html
"prepare a simple terminator to convince the machine that a (non-DDC)
monitor is attached. All that's needed is to connect a 75Ω resistor
between pins 2 and 7 of the (analogue) VGA connector. The easiest way
to do this is to buy a male DB15 connector (a "VGA plug") and
appropriate resistor, and solder it between pins 2 and 7 on the
connector. Fit a hood over the connector to prevent damage in handling."
A cheap and dirty way to create this would be to just pop a resistor
into the proper holes in the mini-DVI->VGA adaptor from Apple.
Jonathan Hendry
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Maunsell Lab
Harvard Medical School
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