>________________________________
>From: Jake Tesler <[email protected]>
>Anyway, I found my old Performa 6110CD, and tried to boot it, just for proof
>of concept. It chimed, and I quickly realized that the HD was shot. Not an
>issue, as it comes with a CD drive and a Floppy drive, and I have the means to
>make a startup disk.
>However, the display-out connection is somewhat, *ahem* useless. It is an
>HDI-45 connection (wiki), and I rummaged through the old bins to start finding
>adapters. I managed to create a makeshift string (yes, string) of adapters.
>Basically, it goes like this...and excuse my poor drawing skills.
>[=== denotes two ends of a single adapter, +++ denotes a connection between
>two different adapters, F denotes female, M denotes male)
>
>Performa HDI-45(F) --> HDI-45(M) === DB-15(F) +++ DB15(M) ===
>DB15(M) +++ DB15(M) === VGA(F) +++ VGA(M) === VGA(M)
>+++ VGA Cable --> Display
>
>However, despite my trying, it doesn't work. Suggestions to get an HDI-45
>connection to a VGA display? OR, alternatively, does anybody have a SVGA
>display connection technique they'd be willing to share? :)
>OR EVEN, does anybody have a working HDI-45 display?
Try:
<http://kan.org/6100/
in general
and in specific
<http://www.kan.org/6100/graphics.html>
A HPV card or A/V card may be the answer.
These are great old Mac's capable of 264 MB RAM and G3 upgrades --Glen
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