[Gllug] [OT] How stupid am I?

[Daniel Andersson]

> On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 19:52, Daniel Andersson wrote:
> > > Collected my G3 mac only to discover that Apple won't let me plug in a
> > > VGA monitor - the gits!
> >
> > depends on which apple computer you buy
> > the one i bought, a g4, can connect to a vga monitor..
> >
>
> This one is a G3

you can still buy a graphics card for it ;)


> > all depends on the graphics card..
> >
> >
> > > I can see various adapters for sale - any recommendations. Is there a
> > > penalty for not buying a Mac specific monitor (as there certainly is
one
> > > *for* using one - ££££££).
> >
> > buy a new graphics card? :)
> >
> > / d
> >
> Took an old ATI PCI card I had laying around and fitted that, but while
> the box spins up it either doesn't or can't send any output out via the
> card.

pc cards don't work
you can flash _SOME_ (pc) geforce 2 cards, but it seems kinda' risky from
what i've read

best thing is probably to get a cheap graphics card for the mac
(which seems very difficult to find :( ebay have some though)

/ d


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