If you open an iMac (Blueberry) I have found 2 interesting things:

1) the motherboard can still do IRDA connections, it just needs an IRDA port soldered onto it.

2) the video output from the motherboard is a standard DB15 Mac video connection, connected to a sheilded cable that runs to the monitors cicuitry.

My idea is this:

I'm going to add 2 extra ports to the side of the iMac.

each will be a female DB15... one will go to the monitor circuit, and the other will come from the mobo.

the upshot of this is that I can then connect both to a video switch box, with the monitor being shared between all computers hooked up to it!

this allows the iMac to function as a server (running Linux or OS X), as well as the second monitor to my G4!

this is looking REALLY fun. I thougt you might all enjoy the ocncept and have feedback.

~Marchie

~Chaplain Marchie

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this is in the lounge because it involves an iMac...

If you open an iMac (Blueberry) I have found 2 interesting things:

1) the motherboard can still do IRDA connections, it just needs an IRDA port soldered onto it.

2) the video output from the motherboard is a standard DB15 Mac video connection, connected to a sheilded cable that runs to the monitors cicuitry.

My idea is this:

I'm going to add 2 extra ports to the side of the iMac.

each will be a female DB15... one will go to the monitor circuit, and the other will come from the mobo.

the upshot of this is that I can then connect both to a video switch box, with the monitor being shared between all computers hooked up to it!

this allows the iMac to function as a server (running Linux or OS X), as well as the second monitor to my G4!

this is looking REALLY fun. I thougt you might all enjoy the ocncept and have feedback.

~Marchie

~Chaplain Marchie

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