[Coco] mac monitor

[James Dessart]

On 12-Sep-04, at 3:52 PM, Nuxie at aol.com wrote:

> ok guys i need to get this mac tower up and running but of course all  
> i have
> is the tower its a 4600 apple/mac i need a monitor at least but the  
> pins on
> the port for monitor are 2 rows fourteen pins. cant find an adapter in  
> this town
> to save my life. i guess if you got any advice for me let me know. the
> monitor i have for my hp computer has nine pins on three rows. doese  
> such an adapter
> exist ? what are my options with this tower besides throwing it oout  
> lol.

My second search at eBay turned up a good amount of results:

http://search.ebay.com/mac-vga-monitor- 
adapter_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQsotrZ2QQcoactionZcompareQQc 
opagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch

These things are pretty common. Mac monitors used a dual row 15 pin  
connector, VGA-style monitors use a 3 row 15 pin connector. I'm  
guessing the monitor on the HP has a standard VGA cable, but you said  
it has 9 pins... Is it a flat panel monitor, by any chance? With an  
oval shaped connector? If so, you'll need that first type of adapter  
followed by a DVI to VGA adapter. Those are really, really common, and  
you should be able to pick one up at Radio Shack, if indeed it is that  
kind.

James