Mac monitor to PC

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Gumer

Dear all,

First Iwant to wish you a Happy New Year.

This is my question?

How can I connect an Apple Mac monitor (Multiple Scan 720) to a PC?
I found how to connect a VGA monitor to a Mac, but I need the opposite
connection.

Please if somebody can help me about this or knows where Can I find the
solution I will apreciate it.

Thanks in advanced.

Sindo
 
Gumer said:
How can I connect an Apple Mac monitor (Multiple Scan 720) to a PC?
I found how to connect a VGA monitor to a Mac, but I need the opposite
connection.
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When Apple first changed to use the PC VGA interface, they shipped the exact
adapter you need with every Powermac. I bought a blue-and-white G-3 in
1999, and I've never needed the adapter, just been hanging on to it in case
I ever inherit an old mac monitor.

-- spud_demon -at- thundermaker.net
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.
 
Please if somebody can help me about this or knows where Can I find the
solution I will apreciate it.
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If you know, where has the soldering iron the begin and the end, you can
make it yourself ... look in the web for the pin layout and then make
little bridges of wires ...

Another way is: look for the vendor "Griffin", they makes adaptors for this.

(Au weia, hoffentlich versteht er mein Power-English)

Frank
 
Chris Stolworthy said:
They make an adapter to do this, CompUSA carries it. Fairly expensive if I
remeber correctly, about 100 dollars US.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?sid=3FF4B4805826617F&product_
code=306336&pfp=SEARCH

actually only 65. I think tghats what you want right?
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No, I think that the OP wants to do it the other way around. The adapter
cited above allows the use of VGA monitors with a Mac, and the OP wishes
to use an Apple monitor with a PC. The principle is the same, however,
and such adapters do exist. If the OP has a nearby university (or any
other large-scale user of Apple equipment), Mac shop, or Mac user group
nearby, there might be such an adapter available for free/cheap from the
Mac tech support people-they tend to have such things lying around, if
you can find the right person.

Otherwise, look in the usual places for used or new equipment.
 
Chris Stolworthy said:
They make an adapter to do this, CompUSA carries it. Fairly expensive if
I remeber correctly, about 100 dollars US.
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That's ridiculous. I can get the DB15-to-DBsub-15 Mac-to-SVGA adaptors
from my local AppleCentre for A$12.


Geoffrey

(remove EXCESS BAGGAGE to reply via mail)
 
No, I think that the OP wants to do it the other way around. The
adapter cited above allows the use of VGA monitors with a Mac, and
the OP wishes to use an Apple monitor with a PC. The principle is the
same, however, and such adapters do exist. If the OP has a nearby
university (or any other large-scale user of Apple equipment), Mac
shop, or Mac user group nearby, there might be such an adapter
available for free/cheap from the Mac tech support people-they tend
to have such things lying around, if you can find the right person.

Otherwise, look in the usual places for used or new equipment.
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I found this via google using "VGAtor" as word to search for:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/adb-17.09.03-001/
I'm afraid it is german and the "VGAtor" isn't aviable yet...

"Apple Expo: Apples digital display at analog graficcards

At the MAC-Expo in Paris Dr. Bott shows the prototypes
of a transducer, which transforms a analog VGA port into
a Apple specific ADC port (Apple display Connector).
This transports additionally to the signals of a DVI connection
the electricity for the display and USB signals. The VGAtor
brings along a Cube power pack for the needed supply.

! Apple displays can not be used only with the VGAtor to Macs
! with VGA connection, but function also to PCs -- a condition
! is only a graficcard with high resolution.
The control software for the display, which comes along with Mac
OS, is missing however still at the PC. They work at it, as Dr. Bott
said. Delivery date and prices for the VGAtor are still open."

Hope, I could help.

greetings from germany
Christian
 
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