ADC display for a Power Mac G3 — #19

Post #19 by thinkdifferent

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	PowerPC
Post Date	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 - 01:37
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/adc-display-for-a-power-mac-g3.18420/

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ADC was doomed from the start because it powered the monitor. That means laptop users have to buy bulky extrenally-powered converter boxes and it also means yet-more auxiliary power connectors and amperage flowing over the PCI bus for GPUs. LCDs became larger and larger quite quickly, which of course needs still more power.
It may have survived if it was a simpler sound/USB/video connection only. Personally I'm glad to see it gone; I'd rather have to plug 2/3 cables into a monitor than have an Apple-only standard.

Me too. ADC was one of Apple's flawed ideas. It could have survived if ADC monitors had the option to be directly plugged into the wall, but no.