schrödinger's cat wrote: > hi all, > > i'm new to imacs, and i have a 17" G4 (lampshade?) imac with a dead > screen. it seems to still boot up, but the screen is black. i need to > connect it to an external monitor to see what's going on, but the only > video port on the base is of a type i've never encountered before. did > these things originally come with an adapter to connect to a VGA monitor > or a DVI monitor? where do i get one and what's it called? anyone have > one that they don't need/want? thanks in advance to all who reply.
According to MacTracker that model has a "Mini VGA" output. There are Mini-VGA - VGA adapters and Mini-VGA - Composite / S-Video adapters. Apple sells the VGA adapter online: <http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8639G/A?mco=MTIxODk3Mw> -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
