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- From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: (Q) Connecting PB180 to VGA monitor
- Message-ID: <23202@venera.isi.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 21:24:27 GMT
- References: <1iu7psINNlk6@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk>
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- In-reply-to: agm@bnr.co.uk's message of 12 Jan 93 10:50:36 GMT
-
- In article <1iu7psINNlk6@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk> agm@bnr.co.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes:
-
- >I have one PowerBook 180, with the "VGA adaptor lead" that came in the box
- >and a fairly standard Microvitec VGA monitor and lead. My problem is that
- >the leads will not connect up.
- >
- > [...]
- >
- >The
- >PC people I've seen have never seen a VGA connector of the sort supplied by
- >Apple.
-
- With good reason. It isn't one.
-
- >I'm beginning to feel that while Apple is trying to entice PC users
- >into the fold with all sorts of promises if connectivity and interoperability,
- >their dealers just don't want to know about anything to do with PC products.
- >
- >Does anyone out there have a clue what I need to obtain to hook this
- >monitor up?
-
- The thing is, that video cable you have is a PB-to-Mac video adapter,
- NOT a Mac-to-VGA adapter. You can probably get one of them
- (Mac-to-VGA adapter) from your monitor maker (if it's a multisync and
- a major manufacturer), or else look into the $25 MacVGA adapter from
- James Engineering. Several other companies also sell the Mac-to-VGA
- adapter plugs, but I don't know their names, offhand.
-
- jas
-
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