Ibook G4 (mid 2005) dual displays

Greetings fellow mac users!
I have a ibook G4 1.33 Ghz and I want to connect it to a projector. I understand that I would need a vga adapter but I want the ibook screen to display the software interface and I want the projector to show the composite video that the software is generating. I don't think the vga adapter would accomplish this but correct me if I'm wrong. Is what I want possible with the ibook?
Thanks for any advice anyone can give!

Hi,
The projector will display the Desktop or any application on top. What you want to do should work as long as you normally see those elements when the app is running.
You should have received a VGA adapter with your iBook when you bought it. They were included with all iBooks.
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I'm an owner of an iBook G4 (Mid 2005) @ 1.33GHz.
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http://www.wroclaw.mm.pl/~kaziorvb/no_airport.png
http://www.wroclaw.mm.pl/~kaziorvb/no_airport2.png
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