On Mar 4, 10:37 am, Evan Wilson <awilso...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card 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 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 solution, if any, is suggested by all this?
>
> Here's what my System Profiler says about my current graphics and
> display:
>
> ATY, Rage 128:
> Chipset Model: ATY, Rage 128
> Type: Display
> Bus: PCI
> Slot: J12
> VRAM (Total): 16 MB
> Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
> Device ID: 0x5245
> Revision ID: 0x0000
> ROM Revision: 113-57407-204
>
> Display: VA2226w-11:
> Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
> Depth: 16-bit Color
> Core Image: Not Supported
> Main Display: Yes
> Mirror: Off
> Online: Yes
> Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
>
> Here's what my System Profiler says about my SCSI PCI cards:
>
> ADPT, 1686806-04:
> Name: ADPT, 2930CU
> Type: scsi
> Bus: PCI
> Slot: J11
> Vendor ID: 0x9004
> Device ID: 0x5078
> Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x9004
> Subsystem ID: 0x7850
> Revision ID: 0x0003
>
> The computer end of my portrait monitor's cable is eight pins over
> seven pins.
>
> I used my portrait monitor throughout the period when my only
> computer was a G3 Beige and then a G3 Blue and White.
>
> Evan
>
> Evan Wilson
> 6302 Mountain Park Cove
> Austin, Texas 78731-2611
> (512) 215-8543
There were several PCI video cards with Apple DB15 (8 over 7 pin)
connectors available with the G3 desktops. Depending on the main logic
board revision (A, B or C) the built-in video was either Rage II or
Rage Pro, both had Apple DB15 connectors. Additionally, the CTO/BTO
MiniTower also provided an optional PCI video card. The IXMicro 3D and
TwinTurbo cards, which had both VGA and Apple DB15 monitor connectors.
Although, as I recall, only one of the connectors (monitor) could be
used at a time. There were also the Xclaim VR and 3D, as well as the
Nexus GA (3D Rage Pro) series of ATI cards for the Mac which had the
requisite connector. The early retail Mac Radeon cards have VGA and
composite/S-video, but shipped with VGA to Apple DB15 adapters, like
the one Bruce pointed out. You'll have to decide which is cheaper;
card, or adapter.
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