Joe
I'm surprised no-one else has responded.
I think you might have a problem. Most Apple G4 PowerMacs were
equipped with an Apple Display Connector, a proprietary interface,
for the their digital video output. I strongly suspect that's what
you've got on yours. At a late stage - starting with the 2002 machine
known as 'Quicksilver', according to MacTracker, Apple started adding
standard DVI, either as an option, or in addition to the ADC
connector. In the end they dropped ADC altogether.
I think, therefore, that you need a converter, either ADC to DVI or
VGA to DVI. I'm afraid I don't know how widely available these are,
or (if available) how much they cost.
Bizarrely, your best bet might even be to upgrade your Mac to one
that supports DVI....
But other people on this list must have faced this issue. Any better
suggestions?
Tom Burke
On 1 Jan 2006, at 19:33, Joe B wrote:
Hi- before I go any further I've re-read the following message and
in it I sound
a bit clueless. I'm not QUITE as clueless as I sound here, but I
have a chronic
illness that affects memory and concentration and this is just the
kind of thing
I have most difficulty with!
I just received a new LCD monitor- a Formac Gallery 2010 20" LCD
monitor. It
has a DVI plug. I was assured that this would plug into my Powermac
G4.
But when I unpacked and then looked at both items, I can see my CRT
monitor is
connected to a small socket on the card (is this a VGA socket? I
just can't
remember the terminology nowadays)- and there is another longer
multi-pin
socket on the card that looks similar to but still definitely
different from the
plug on the captive lead on the monitor. The other larger socket on
the
computer's display card is roughly about 1.5 inches long, has a
three long rows
of ten pin-sockets and a bit at one end that is something like
cross-shaped, and
both ends of the socket are rounded. I've never used it, I don't
think, and have
used CRT monitors plugged into the smaller old (?) socket.
[In fact the monitor has three captive leads that are all kept
together in a
bundle- one ends in a complex multi-pin plug, one in a USB plug and
one in
something looking a little like a phono line socket- these are
described in the
manual as being for display, usb (there are usb sockets on the
monitor surround)
and audio].
The display plug (I'm assuming it is the most complicated one) on
the monitor is
vaguely similar to the multi-pin socket on the comouter display
card but it has
two main clusters of pins, both clusters are square containing nine
pins in
three rows of three, and there is a wider horizontal flattish pin
which might
fit into the horizontal slit of the cross-shaped part of the socket
(if the plug
itself would fit, that is). But the plug is a different outline-
each end has
one rounded and one square corner, and it is shorter than the
socket. The socket
also has a kind of "ripple" in the top centre of the socket that is
not there on
the plug.
This monitor is sold for use with PCs or Macs and is I gather
generally
compatible with modern equipment- I would expect to find it fitted
whatever
socket is on the back of my G5 when I get it. I don't expect to
find I have a
serious problem here and will call the store tomorrow to ask if I
need an
adapter or something like that to use this monitor on my 4-yr old
667 Powermac
G4. But I'd like to understand what is happening here before I call
the shop if
possible. Can anyone tell me- does my G4 use a different monitor
socket from
what is current nowadays and if so what is it called, and is there
an adaptor
that can connect this monitor to it? Any ideas would be handy.
I have jpgs of pics I took of both plug and socket if anyone wants
to take a
look. Many thanks for any info.
--
Joe B.
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