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possible to use powermac G3 with a pc display?
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jimbopalmer
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I THINK a beige G3 uses the Apple DB-15 and willl need an adaptor, while the Blue & White g3 will be VGA
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jimbopalmer
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Yes I think so, here is a pic
that looks like VGA
I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
that looks like VGA
I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
Just a note.
A display is a display. It's neither PC nor Mac nor anything else.
What matters are the connections available on the display and the device you are connecting to it.
Standard connections might be:
VGA - supported by all PCs since I can remember and Macs from Blue & White G3's onwards. I think some older Powerbooks might have had VGA output but older macs tended to have the slightly larger DB-15 connection that required an adapter to convert to VGA.
DVI - Newer digital connection. Good quality LCD displays use DVI. Modern video cards have DVI output, some have DVI and VGA. DVI gives a cleaner, higher quality image as it carries a digital signal. Again it's possible to use adapters to convert DVI to VGA and vice versa (with loss of quality).
RGB connections - Common for high quality TFT monitors. Basically the Red, Green and Blue signals (and sometimes a Sync signal) are sent through separate wires. These connect to the monitor via Phono style plugs. A monitor with this type of input normally also has VGA input(s).
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A display is a display. It's neither PC nor Mac nor anything else.
What matters are the connections available on the display and the device you are connecting to it.
Standard connections might be:
VGA - supported by all PCs since I can remember and Macs from Blue & White G3's onwards. I think some older Powerbooks might have had VGA output but older macs tended to have the slightly larger DB-15 connection that required an adapter to convert to VGA.
DVI - Newer digital connection. Good quality LCD displays use DVI. Modern video cards have DVI output, some have DVI and VGA. DVI gives a cleaner, higher quality image as it carries a digital signal. Again it's possible to use adapters to convert DVI to VGA and vice versa (with loss of quality).
RGB connections - Common for high quality TFT monitors. Basically the Red, Green and Blue signals (and sometimes a Sync signal) are sent through separate wires. These connect to the monitor via Phono style plugs. A monitor with this type of input normally also has VGA input(s).
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