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VGA to DA-15 (Not the other way around) Adapter
Say, hypothetically, that I'd stumbled upon a shrinkwrapped ATI Radeon Mac Edition in a local shop that'd been collecting dust for many, many years.
Hypothetically, I got a whiff of that pre-RoHS 'New electronics' smell I've not experienced in a decade or so, but that's hypothetically neither here nor there.
It appears that my hypothetical purchase has a hypothetical VGA male to DA-15 female adapter that allows an Apple monitor to be plugged into basically anything- could someone give me a general idea of the scarcity of such objects?
(This sample of my book, 'How to Ineffectively Beat Around the Bush' brought to you by ATI Technologies)
Hypothetically, I got a whiff of that pre-RoHS 'New electronics' smell I've not experienced in a decade or so, but that's hypothetically neither here nor there.
It appears that my hypothetical purchase has a hypothetical VGA male to DA-15 female adapter that allows an Apple monitor to be plugged into basically anything- could someone give me a general idea of the scarcity of such objects?
(This sample of my book, 'How to Ineffectively Beat Around the Bush' brought to you by ATI Technologies)
I assume you mean this? This will take a standard VGA port and make it a Mac display port. Opposite of what most need. Correct?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-Apple-Macintosh-DB-15-Female-to-VGA-Male-Monitor-Adapter-590-0993-A-/291265546619
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-Apple-Macintosh-DB-15-Female-to-VGA-Male-Monitor-Adapter-590-0993-A-/291265546619
They are less common simply because most people use Apple displays on Macs and many mac display cards have Apple display ports. And most people with PCs don't use Apple displays. But for cards with standard VGA ports, etc they were needed so they were made. I think I might even have a few on hand but never used them.
As a word of caution, I'm pretty sure that those things only work "trivially" with a subset of Apple monitors, mainly the "Multiple Scan" ones made in the latter half of the 1990's. Those monitors support VESA standard video modes and I believe they also support VGA-compatible DDC/EDID signaling. The older fixed-frequency monitors that use the old hardwired video mode selection lines are less successful.
I'll be honest, I've got no intention of using anything other than an old Mac with such low-resolution monitors in any case.
That said, I could see it coming in handy should I ever come accross a first-generation LCD Studio Display.
This is the Apple adapter:
It came with several Mac models, in different colours (platinum, black, transparent)… Like the BW G3s and G4s.
This was also Apple's headless solution.
It came with several Mac models, in different colours (platinum, black, transparent)… Like the BW G3s and G4s.
This was also Apple's headless solution.
^ Without pics of the ends, its hard to say. But that could be. I did not think Apple included those, just the other ones.
The adapter FinkMac pictured is Mac SVGA Female and PC VGA Male. Basically, as the post said, it came with a variety of Macs to let you use AppleVision, Multiple Scan, and Studio displays with newer Macs that only had VGA ports. (PowerBook G3s often had VGA ports, a bit ahead of the rest of Apple's product line, for example, for reasons of both physical space and practicality (projectors in meeting rooms.)
I think I have one of those, came with my PowerBook 180 along with some other stuff.
Never thought of the PBs, that makes sense.
I just checked, it's exactly as pictured and described. Still in its little plastic baggie, never used.