Thanks for that feedback Neil. Much appreciated.
Regards Pete > On 7 Jun 2020, at 7:51 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > Hi Pete, > > I don't think you can drive a display from the firewire port - I've never > seen a cable or adaptor that would achieve this. > > This guy used a usb video adaptor > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=vIVZI1cFiAw&feature=emb_logo > to drive 2 monitors from a 2011 Macbook Pro (that was back in 2011). > > His monitor was, I think, DVI but the adaptor also handles HDMI - it's not > cheap though > https://www.amazon.com.au/Diamond-Multimedia-BVU195-2048x1152-1920x1080/dp/B002GHBW4S > > OWC have a similar thing https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/VIDU3DVIA/ > > This article includes other ways involving thunderbolt daisy-chaining > https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/62537/can-i-have-multiple-monitors-on-my-macbook-pro-early-2011 > but since that involves either a thunderbolt display or thunderbolt docks, I > don't know if it would be any cheaper. > > > HTH > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > > > > > > > On 07/06/20, 18:12, "Peter Crisp" > <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au on behalf of > petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > Hi there, my Wife is to soon be working from home. She has a 2011 MacBook > Pro with SSD and RAM upgrade so it’s reasonably capable. She wants to be able > to use two 24” monitors we have in the office and a bit of a struggle to see > how this can be done. > > The MBP has a FireWire, Thunderbolt and 2 USB ports. I have a Thunderbolt > to HDMI cable so that gives one monitor but varying success with finding > Firewire to HDMI (or VGA) to feed the second monitor. The lads at JB HIFI > didn’t know what Firewire even was!!! They probably hadn’t been born when > Firewire was common place. > > Does anyone have any tips on using the Firewire port for display duties? > > Regards > > > Pete > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
