On Jan 26, 4:14 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dan A. Currie wrote:
> > Hello All.
>
> > I am driving an G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / 2 -120 GB and 1 - 200
> > GB HD / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6 / OS X 10.5 and an Apple 17" LCD display.
>
> > I want to get another one of these LCD monitors and run dual displays
> > ... how do I connect them to the MDD?
>
> > Do I get an adapter? Do I get another ATI Radeo 9000 PRO card?
>
> I'm assuming the Apple display is ADC. If it is, AFAIK, that would
> preclude running two off the same computer. Only the AGP slot has the
> power that is used to run the monitor and there is only one AGP slot and
> only one ADC port on any card.
>
> You are going to have to use a VGA or DVI monitor as the second monitor,
> depending on what the other port on your video card is (probably VGA).
>
> There is one option, this:
>
> <http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=532575>
>
> It lets you hook up an ADC monitor to a DVI port. It seems to include a
> power supply but the description isn't clear.
I bought one of these adapters to run an ADC monitor off my G5's DVI
port. I think I paid around $100 at the local Apple store, and they
also are available on the Apple website. I bought it because I've got
an old 24" Apple Cinema HD Display that runs off ADC, and my G5's
video card has no ADC port. I wanted to keep using this nice big old
monitor after I moved from a G4 to this G5.
Yes, the adapter has its own power supply, and the power brick is
nearly as big as a paperback book, but it just lies here on the floor
under the desk and I never notice it. And it works great to run this
Cinema Display. It was cheaper than buying a newer Cinema Display with
DVI, which would have cost around $600, judging from what I see on
eBay.
Tom
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