Someone is giving me an dold powermac (not sure the model, perhaps a
G3) and I was wondering if a standard CRT monitor that I used with a
PC will work with it? or do i need a special 'mac' monitor?
thanks.

In article <1118086735.27f76530a82e695d4f1b6ccc40460576@teran ews>,
Big McLargehuge <nomore@spam.com> wrote:

> Someone is giving me an dold powermac (not sure the model, perhaps a
> G3) and I was wondering if a standard CRT monitor that I used with a
> PC will work with it? or do i need a special 'mac' monitor?
> thanks.



You need an adapter plug to install between the monitor plug and the
Mac.

The adapter has several micro switches on it.

This is the first one I turned up at Google

<http://www.cables4computer.com/produ...sp?groupcode=I
0095>

Price may vary but these are readily available all over. Any place
that sells Mac stuff should have these.

Google "Macintosh to VGA adapter"

I have an IBM G74 17 inch monitor on my Mac G3 right now with one of
these.

DMK

In article <1118086735.27f76530a82e695d4f1b6ccc40460576@teran ews>,
Big McLargehuge <nomore@spam.com> wrote:

> Someone is giving me an dold powermac (not sure the model, perhaps a
> G3) and I was wondering if a standard CRT monitor that I used with a
> PC will work with it? or do i need a special 'mac' monitor?

Sure, but you may need an adaptor for the monitor.

In article <1118152341.8aa22811bc4fba4e6e9331b3d63818ef@teran ews>,
Big McLargehuge <nomore@spam.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:19:31 -0400, Shawn Hearn <srhi@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <1118086735.27f76530a82e695d4f1b6ccc40460576@teran ews>,
> > Big McLargehuge <nomore@spam.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Someone is giving me an dold powermac (not sure the model, perhaps a
> >> G3) and I was wondering if a standard CRT monitor that I used with a
> >> PC will work with it? or do i need a special 'mac' monitor?
> >
> >Sure, but you may need an adaptor for the monitor.
>
> thanks.
> just out of curiosity, do older macs use IDE drives?

Short answer-- it depends... starting around 1994 or so, most Mac models
started using IDE drives.

Macs older than that used SCSI hard drives; Macs newer than that
(mostly) use IDE.

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On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:19:31 -0400, Shawn Hearn <srhi@comcast.net>
wrote:

>In article <1118086735.27f76530a82e695d4f1b6ccc40460576@teran ews>,
> Big McLargehuge <nomore@spam.com> wrote:
>
>> Someone is giving me an dold powermac (not sure the model, perhaps a
>> G3) and I was wondering if a standard CRT monitor that I used with a
>> PC will work with it? or do i need a special 'mac' monitor?
>
>Sure, but you may need an adaptor for the monitor.

thanks.
just out of curiosity, do older macs use IDE drives?

In article <1118152341.8aa22811bc4fba4e6e9331b3d63818ef@teran ews>,
Big McLargehuge <nomore@spam.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:19:31 -0400, Shawn Hearn <srhi@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <1118086735.27f76530a82e695d4f1b6ccc40460576@teran ews>,
> > Big McLargehuge <nomore@spam.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Someone is giving me an dold powermac (not sure the model, perhaps a
> >> G3) and I was wondering if a standard CRT monitor that I used with a
> >> PC will work with it? or do i need a special 'mac' monitor?
> >
> >Sure, but you may need an adaptor for the monitor.
>
> thanks.
> just out of curiosity, do older macs use IDE drives?

Short answer-- it depends... starting around 1994 or so, most Mac models
started using IDE drives.

Macs older than that used SCSI hard drives; Macs newer than that
(mostly) use IDE.

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