> In article <1ii1w2a.1u4k13dsy426zN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > > > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <1ii1rc4.1lgmbqhoq3q4N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, > > > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > > > > > > > Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Xavier Llobet <Xavier.Lloobet@epfl.ch> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > If I remember well, when I opened mine (333 MHz) to change the HD I > > > > > > saw > > > > > > a simple VGA connector. So a normal video VGA cable should do, no > > > > > > adaptor. > > > > > > > > > > It's the slot loading iMacs that have the VGA connectors. IIRC, the > > > > > tray > > > > > loading models could take external monitors only if you installed the > > > > > appropriate card in what were called the mezzanine slot. > > > > > > > > Ah, so I'm shit out of luck? Nothing can be done? Oh well... I didn't > > > > think I remembered seeing a standard VGA connector last time I opened > > > > her up. Sad. I spent WAY too much money fixing and upgrading this iMac. > > > > Plus I'd be lying if I said I wasn't fond of the first Mac I ever bought > > > > with my own money. > > > > > > The tray-loading iMacs had their CRTs connected internally by Apple's > > > traditional DB-15 display connector. A cheap adapter will let you plug a > > > VGA monitor into it. > > > > So... hope again! :-D Ok, I guess I need to pop the case and check for > > myself. > > Hmmm... Isn't this a tray-loading iMac?: > > <http://www.tuaw.com/2006/02/05/imac-meet-display/>
Certainly looks and sounds like it. Ok, I'm going to give this a try! :-) I'll report back.
Regards, Jamie Kahn Genet -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
