Tom wrote: > >>I have a Quicksilver (with an ATI Radeon 9800Pro) ... if you're >>giving away that Cinema ... I have room for it in my studio ... >> >>Oh ... you might consider getting another video card with correct >>connectors for the Cinema ... >> >>As much as I hate giving up a freebee ... >> >>Bill Connelly >>artsite:http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio >>myspace:http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio > > > Well, as much as I'd like to move everything into the "new" G5 and set > the G4 out to pasture, I'm dragging along so much old hardware baggage > from the past, like that ADC Cinema Display, that the G4 will have to > go into a sort of active retirement to continue running some of it. > The G5 just can't take it all on. For example, I was naive enough to > think that I could just buy a PCIx SCSI card for the G5 and keep > running my high-end Minolta Dimage film scanner with it (scans both > medium format and 35mm), but no such luck. SCSI has apparently been > practically discarded from desktop computing. I take a look at OWC and > find out that SCSI cards for G5s are in the $400 range, rare and > exotic beasts with prices to match. > > So, instead of being discarded, the old Quicksilver will probably have > to be set off in a corner somewhere hooked up to this 24" Cinema > Display and running the Minolta film scanner, plus an old Relysis SCSI > flatbed scanner with a glass bed big enough to scan maps and things, > and who knows what else around here that the G5 can't run. The scans > from the G4 will have to be brought over to the G5 in a flash drive or > something. (Sigh.) Just can't afford to upgrade everything all at > once. > > Still looking for an affordable non-Apple 22-24" LCD monitor for the > G5 that is comparable in visual quality to a Cinema Display. If no > such thing exists, I'll just have to buy that $100 Apple adapter to > make the old ADC Cinema Display work with the G5. Then the G4 will get > one of the old CRT monitors still sitting around here to use with the > scanners etc. > > Upgrading computers is such a hassle. . . > > Tom
I bought a Samsung 22" a little over two years ago and have been very satisfied. It came with all the cables/connectors for most applications. Best of all, it was plug and play period. And this was for an ancient Gigabit G4 that I bought new in early 2001. No reason to pay high Apple prices. JT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
