Can I use a Mac monitor with a PC?

In article <slrncfdo6s.3p7.agreenbu RemoveThis @nyx3.nyx.net>,
andrewunix <agreenbu RemoveThis @nyx.net> wrote:

 > 15 Jul 2004 08:34:30 -0700, pteffenretter RemoveThis @mail.com suggested:
 > : We have an old Mac monitor that we need to hookup to a PC (boo!!)
 > :
 > : It's a SuperMac monitor - maybe about 21".
 > :
 > : I know there are adapters to let you use regular PC VGA monitors with
 > : a Mac. Are there adapters that'll let us use this monitor with a PC?
 > :
 > : If there are specific words I should use to search eBay, please let me
 > : know. I thought I saw a couple, but I wasn't 100% sure.
 > :
 > : Thanks!
 >
 > The Blue and White G3s shipped with an adapter that would allow you to
 > plug a DB15 Mac monitor into the VGA port. I don't know if it's
 > proprietary to the B&W G3 (which I believe shipped with an ATI Rage 128
 > video card), but it might do what you need.

Actually, the adapters are bidirectional. I have numerous DB-15 monitors
plugged into VGA and visa-versa using both the adapters that came with
my monitors and el-cheapo PC ones in both directions. Just bop over to
the closest Mac dealer and buy some for eight bucks a pop (similiarly,
you can use 6-pin serial cables in place of ADB & S-Video cables without
incident, electronics really isn't as confusing as it seems).






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