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loringdm · Nov 15, 2005, 05:09 PM

I currently am using a 15inch PB G4 1.67. I have an old, but still working, Powerbook Pismo (400mhz) that has firewire. I am wondering if there is any way that I could hook the old powerbook up to my new powerbook and use the old one as an external second monitor? I am not trying to do video mirroring, I am trying extend my screen real estate so to speak.

Any help would be appreciated

mduell · Nov 15, 2005, 05:37 PM

Not really...
If you could trick the PowerBook into thinking a second display was plugged in, you could pipe that output to the old PowerBook with VNC... but I can't see how you'd do that.

ibook_steve · Nov 15, 2005, 08:58 PM

Strangely enough, this has been asked many times. No, it is not possible. You can get cheap CRTs or LCD displays. Why not just get one of those?

Steve