3 external monitors on ibook

I have the g4 ibook, and want to run 3 external 14 inch lcds.with the screen on the ibook closed. what cables do i need to make this possible?
~mike

as far as i know you would be lucky to have 2 external displays hooked up to your ibook.
I think the ibook will only support 1 external display via the adapter provided by apple.
the only way i could think of 2 possibly get 3 displays is go to www.usbgear.com and look for a usb to vga adapter, then again there are too many variables, like will your video card support it?... will the usb to vga work on a mac? and so on...

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