Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

You are here: MacNN Forums > Hardware - Troubleshooting and Discussion > Consumer Hardware & Components > ADC->VGA adapter?

ADC->VGA adapter?
Thread Tools
Professional Poster
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 3, 2002, 08:57 PM
 
Does anyone know of an adapter that will let me connect a VGA display to an ADC port on a PowerMac?

Before anyone replies with "the cards have both a VGA and an ADC connector", I am thinking of the situation with the new dual-head cards and want to run two CRT displays from the one card.
     
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I don't know anymore!
Status: Online
Reply With Quote
Feb 5, 2002, 07:11 AM
 
I've never heard of such a thing. As you are no doubt aware, the ADC is a digital connector. I can't imagine why a manufacturer would want to spend research and engineering talent to design an adaptor to convert a new technology into one that is slowly, and surely, becoming obsolete. VGA monitors are getting dirt cheap now, and such an adaptor would doubtless cost more than another video card.
Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
     
Forum Regular
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The dark side of the moon
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 5, 2002, 03:40 PM
 
there are usb => adb adapters, aren't there?

same thing
     
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I don't know anymore!
Status: Online
Reply With Quote
Feb 6, 2002, 02:55 AM
 
Originally posted by warpmoon:
<STRONG>there are usb =&gt; adb adapters, aren't there?

same thing </STRONG>
Yes, there are, and I haven't sold one in almost a year, because that too is a dead technology. Why spend $30 for an adaptor that allows you to use a $20 adb mouse on a usb computer?
Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
     
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Detroit
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 6, 2002, 03:14 AM
 
adc - vga
http://www.gefen.com/products/extend...dc%20to%20vga/

if that link didn't work, just go to www.gefen.com and click on products, click on adc to vga

$49
     
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I don't know anymore!
Status: Online
Reply With Quote
Feb 6, 2002, 07:37 AM
 
I stand corrected. This seems to be a fairly new product. Thanks, residentEvil, for pointing that out.
Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
     
   
Thread Tools
Forum Links
Forum Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:20 PM.
All contents of these forums © 1995-2011 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.7 © 2000-2011, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd., Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2