On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Evan Wilson wrote:
> : > > I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card (or equivalent) to install in > slot #2 of my Yikes! to drive my high resolution monochrome Apple > Portrait Monitor (c. 1990) next to my ViewSonic flat screen monitor > running from slot #1. Slots #3 and #4 presently run various > Firewire and USB peripherals. > > Apple's manual accompanying my portrait monitor says it needs a > "NuBus expansion card" but my manual "Setting Up Your Power > Macintosh G4: Includes ... expansion information...." says "NuBus > cards cannot be used in **THESE** expansion slots" where **THESE** > seems to mean ATA slots only but could also mean all four slots > depending on careful reading. > The slots are not ATA, but PCI. What the comment about needing a NuBus card is referring to is that at the time of the manufacturing of the Portrait display, all Macs that had expansion slots were Nubus based. No Mac back then with onboard graphics could drive the Portrait monitor, so an additional video card is needed, and only NuBus cards were available, therefore a NuBus expansion card is required. Any pci card that supports the resolution of the portrait monitor will drive it. I am not familiar enough with video cards to know which ones support 640 x 870 resolution, but a want to buy on the swap list specifying a pci card that can drive that monitor should get you one relatively cheaply. You will also probably need a vga to mac monitor adapter which can also be found on the swap list. Total cost for the 2 should be around $20 shipped. Be careful to specify that you want to use a Mac Monitor and need the more uncommon vga male (3 rows of pins) to Mac Monitor (2 rows of pins) > The Yikes! manual also says Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) ports are not > supported but the portrait monitor's manual says the monitor's > interface is ADB. What workaround, if any, can you think of? > Again, not real familiar with the Portrait Display, but I believe that the ADB is only a pass through, meaning you plug it into your Mac, and you can plug your keyboard and mouse or other peripherals into it, like a modern USB hub. I know some later Mac monitors used ADB to control various color settings, but I do not think the Portrait used it for anything, but I could be wrong. How do you adjust brightness and contrast on it? > Here's what my System Profiler says about my current graphics and > display: > snip I would consider getting a little nicer card like the Radeon for my main monitor and putting it in the 66MHz slot and moving the current Rage to one of the slower slots to drive the portrait, sine that is not anywhere as demanding on the video card as a widescreen. HTH, Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
