greystash
Well-known member
I managed to get a PC Compatibility card (PCI) for $20 (unsure of the exact details of it, it's either 100Mhz or 160Mhz). I installed it in my MDD because I no longer have any early PPC machines with PCI and it mostly works. The PC card boots and runs, can switch to and from the system and the only issue is that it causes the system to crash when I shut down the Mac system. When switching to the PC side the Mac screen dims but I get no PC output because I don't have the video loopback setup.
My question: If I get an adapter for the video out can this port display the video for the PC side to another monitor/cable? I can't install a loopback cable and there's no GIMO slot so it can't be routed to the MDD video/existing PCI video card. The PC card has a different video connector to the early PPC machines (DB15?). Am I correct in saying this connector may be a 26-pin D-sub (DA-26)? If so could I get a DA-26 to VGA/DVI adapter to use for video output?
My question: If I get an adapter for the video out can this port display the video for the PC side to another monitor/cable? I can't install a loopback cable and there's no GIMO slot so it can't be routed to the MDD video/existing PCI video card. The PC card has a different video connector to the early PPC machines (DB15?). Am I correct in saying this connector may be a 26-pin D-sub (DA-26)? If so could I get a DA-26 to VGA/DVI adapter to use for video output?