Monitor Adapter For Apple Power Macintosh G3 PowerPC

Monitor Adapter For Apple Power Macintosh G3 PowerPC - What Are They Called?!

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First post, by FazzaGBR

Posted on 2023-05-25, 06:59

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Just finished inspecting and air-dusting this pickup from yesterday and it seems complete as it has its HDD and RAM still in place:

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Only thing is, I have no way of testing it as I dont have a monitor with this connection on it:

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I'm not too familiar with Apple computers so can someone help point me in the right direction on what I can do to plug a monitor in to it so I can test it? Not even sure of what this port is called so I cant start searching to see if there is a VGA adapter available that I can get to test it out?

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Reply 1 of 3, by lolo799

Posted on 2023-05-25, 07:20

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Look for "mac db-15 to vga", there are many different models, some with dipswitches that let you select resolution and some very simple that only works upto 640*480.
https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/documenta … a-adapters.318/

One of the simpler model is on amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/C2G-Cables-02902-Fem … ps%2C341&sr=8-1

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Reply 2 of 3, by FazzaGBR

Posted on 2023-05-25, 07:31

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lolo799 wrote on 2023-05-25, 07:20:

Look for "mac db-15 to vga", there are many different models, some with dipswitches that let you select resolution and some very simple that only works upto 640*480.
https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/documenta … a-adapters.318/

One of the simpler model is on amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/C2G-Cables-02902-Fem … ps%2C341&sr=8-1

Thanks! I'll get one ordered shortly 😀

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Reply 3 of 3, by lolo799

Posted on 2023-05-25, 09:05

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There are also many PCI graphic cards for Mac with both db-15 and vga connectors.

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