Hank.
My g3 came with a pci card already in it. Either my case is one of
the later runs, or it's been modified, since I do not have a monitor
built-in to my case. If I did not put a video card into my G3, I
would have no video.
On the one I have, there's network, usb, firewire, microphone,
speaker, and a small round plug I'm assuming is either for the old
style apple keyboard, or a ps/2 mouse port. That's all besides the
paralel port. I have nothing that could be construed as a video port
except for what's on the video vcard (which isn't currently in the
case) Perhaps Karen could go over the ports again, and say which is
which, but I'm fairly certain the G3 macs did not have proprietary
video ports, and thus no adapter should be necessary. Look in the
back, near the bottom (on the right side) there should be 4 slots
there. One of those probably has a video card in it. If not, then
it's possible you don't have a video card in your machine which could
contribute to your confusion.
Most of the older macs (I'm talking pre os9 days) had a much longer
video port type connector on them. For these, it was necessary to
have an adapter if you didn't have a mac monitor to go with them. I
have this adapter, as well as some of that variety of mac monitors,
but they do not work (or fit) on the G3 because it has a standard vga
video port on it.
But again, perhaps I have one that's much newer than yours, so
content could vary. I'm by no means an expert on mac hardware.
- Re: hooking up a pc moniter to the beige g3? Travis Siegel
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