I was finally able to locate a reasonably priced adapter and ordered one today! Now I will be looking for a keyboard and mouse.
Thanks for the info On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Jonathan Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 7 Jul, 2018, at 9:40 pm, Pete <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am hoping someone can help me with some info on an adapter so I could > try an older PC LCD monitor. > > Electrically, the IIci is capable of producing SVGA-type signals which can > be fed into a standard PC-type monitor. The physical connector is > different, however, and the Mac uses a different (proprietary) method of > identifying the monitor's capabilities, rather than reading the EDID record > over the DDC channel as PCs do. > > Mac-to-VGA adapters do exist, and were actually pretty popular back in the > day so should still be straightforward to obtain. They usually have a set > of DIP switches on top to tell the Mac what to do. > > - Jonathan Morton > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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 leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
