ADC to VGA, I think?

I have an old G4 Cube that I no longer use. I bought a monitor that I think is called a studio display (not the flat panel cinema display, but big and heavy like an old TV). It has what I believe is an ADC connection that draws power from the G4 Cube, so it has no independent power source. Is it possible to connect this monitor to the VGA port on a newer PC laptop using some kind of adaptor? It would need to provide power to the monitor somehow. Does anyone know if such a thing exists?
Thanks in advance for your replies.

The Apple DVI to ADC adapter will not work with a CRT display.
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8661LL/B?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MjE0NTg4NA>
"to an ADC-based Apple flat panel display"
The adapter uses DVI-D, so does not pass through the analog video signals needed for a CRT, and it does not provide enough power for the Apple CRT display.
The Gefen adapter does use DVI-I, so should provide the analog video needed for a CRT display.
<http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=1203>
It's power supply, though, is not designed for a CRT display, and will get VERY hot. You could replace it with another supply. 24-28 VDC, 5 Amps. (The Gefen adapter may be hard to find. They were discontinued years ago.)

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ADC to VGA

On my Power Mac G5 (June 2004 with ATI Radeon 9600 XT), I'm trying to add a second CRT monitor, and I've been having terrible luck finding anyone that still carries an ADC to VGA adaptor.
I do have a spare DVI to VGA adaptor. So, would a ADC to DVI adaptor to use in conjunction with the DVI to VGA adaptor work at all? Has anyone tried this?
Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks!!

Thanks japamac,
I assumed as much (otherwise there wouldn't be so many people in such dire need of an adc to vga adaptor).
Thanks for the link too...that was the only adaptor even potentially available that I had found prior to my post. I had heard (read) so much about the Dr. Bott and Gefen (sp?) solutions...and next to nothing about the Belkin...I wasn't quite sure about it. Any experience with it? Worth a shot I suppose...
thanks again for your help!

Where to buy a ADC to VGA adaptor

Im looking for one to pick up at a store. Does anyone know who might carry a ADC to VGA adaptor?

I'm on the same hunt. Today I decided to make use of a second monitor kicking around and rearranged my desk. Then I went to plug it in... No such luck. What's the point of this? What's wrong with two dvi ports, besides the point that adc meant another few bucks spent on accessories.
Anyway, I found one here for the cheapest price I've seen so far.
good luck.

Searching adc to vga adaptor

I'm trying to connect my second Monitor port to a VGA Display and am searching for the correct adaptor.
I found solutions on the net, but rather than paying more fore shipping than the connector is worth, I'm looking for someone who has one lost in some box he could spare.
I'm ok with spending some money on this, but then more than 50€ would be over the limit.
I'm resident on Mallorca (Balearic Islands - Spain).
Thanks in advance for any help provided.
Regs-
Andreas

You will need a ADC to DVI adapter
<http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F2E9142-WHT-Apple-Monitor-Adapter/dp/B000067RLH/re f=dpcp_ob_title0>
or ADC to VGA adapter
<http://www.amazon.com/COMPUCABLE-ADC-VGA-Adapter-Cable/dp/B000071A8Q>
ADC to VGA adapters have become very scarce. If you have to use a VGA display, you can use a DVI to VGA adapter on the computer's DVI port. You can then connect your DVI display to the ADC port with the ADC to DVI adapter. (A DVI to VGA adapter won't work connected to a ADC to DVI adapter, since the ADC to DVI adapter doesn't pass the analog video signals needed for VGA.)
thanks to Malcom Rayfield

ADC to VGA Extractor / Cable Wanted Urgently

Hi there
Im after a ADC to VGA cable or adaptor so I can use 2 old screens on my 2005 G5, Ive looked everywhere with no real success, does anyone know where I can buy one. There's one on ebay at the moment but its got like 6 days to go and I may not be around to bid on it when the auction closes. Does anyone have one they want to sell to me or know a company where I can buy one from in the UK?
Thank you

Thanks for your reply.
I have found one now on a website brand new, very expensive though.
Nice of Apple to decide to drop them and not give us lot who bought the G5's with this type of connection any future alternative!
Thanks again

G5 wont mount DVI or ADC, only VGA monitors

I have a g5 that has a dual display DVI/ADC card; It wont show anything on a new Apple Cinema DVI display, but it WILL show up on a VGA monitor with a DVI-VGA adapter.
I tried the appple cinema display on another mac and it worked fine, then i tried swapping the card with another g5 and the same thing happened, so i think its a software setting on my g5.
anyone have any idea to get this apple cinema display working?
g5 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

I am using an ADC 23" Cinema Display with my G5. I had to get an ADC-DVI adapter to connect it to the G5. But it works fine. I have a NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics card. Maybe you need an update to your graphics driver. Have you tried the Apple site for a later version? Or the Manufacturer?
Bob

ADC to VGA adapters

Anyone know a retailer of distributor still selling these....besides Ebay? I placed an order with CDW for one of these cables and Geffin, the manufacturer has discontinued it and is no longer selling them either direct or through anyone else. There are only 3 makes of these as far as I know of: the one made by Apple, one by Dr. Bott and Geffins' version. I've done internet searches and I can't find any sellers of this cable. They pop up on Ebay now and again but the prices are very high and the bidding fierce! I need one to run dual VGAs for my Pro Tools rig. Any help would be most welcome!

Have you checked out this dealer or (if desperate) this always-overpriced Mac retailler for current availability?

ADC to DVI and DVI to VGA on my G5

I have a G5 with an ATI 9600 video card that has both DVI and ADC outputs. I cannot find am ADC to VGA adapter, but I was wondering if I could use and ADC to DVI adapter and then connect that to a DVI to VGA adapter and use a 2nd VGA monitor on my Mac. Has anhyone tried this?
Thanks!

ADC to DVI-D adapters pass digital, not analog. There is no way for DVI to VGA to receive analog from the ADC port.

Can I use the Apple ADC to DVI adapter with a VGA monitor?

Hey everybody,
I have a quick question. I work on computers fr friends and family as a hobby. I have an ADC monitor and need ot be able to hook up computers with a VGA port on them to it. Can I use the Apple ADC to DVI adapter along with an Apple DVI to VGA adapter to successfully connect VGA computers to my ADC display? I was assuming this would work and ordered both adapters but now I have made myself nervous about weather or not this will actually work. Has anybody out there successfully done this? Thanks for your help in advance everybody.

You can't run an ADC display with a VGA computer without a converter. Adapters won't do it.
a VGA to ADC converter will drive the ADC display directly
<http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1301>
If you have the Apple DVI to ADC adapter
<http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=18 72D402&nplm=M8661LL/B>
you could use it with a VGA to DVI converter
<http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1310>
It might be cheaper to get DVI graphics boards for the computers and use the Apple DVI to ADC adapter.
<http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=18 72D402&nplm=M8661LL/B>
Your title says "Can I use the Apple ADC to DVI adapter with a VGA monitor?". If you want to connect a VGA monitor to a computer's ADC port you need the ADC to VGA adapter
<http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1299> You can't use an ADC to DVI adapter followed by a DVI to VGA adapter, because the ADC to DVI adapter doesn't pass the analog video signals needed for VGA.

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I have a G5 I need to connect it to an HP2311x Monitor. How can I convert the G5 ADC outlet to the DVI & VGA / or HDMI outlet on the monitor. What is the best process? Can i convert the ADC to HDMI then go HDMI to HDMI ?! or do I need a splitter for ADC to VGA&DMI ? Pls HELP!
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Hello,
First you need an ADC-> DVI converter...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=219101&is=REG&A=details&Q =
Then if the Monitor doesn't have DVI, a DVI to HDMI adapter.

ADC from vid card to a VGA 2nd display, out of stock?

We have an old quicksilver G4 800 mhz tower that a co-worker wants to have a 2nd display attached to. The card has 2 outputs, a VGA and an ADC. About a year ago, I went to our local Apple Reseller (not an apple store) and bought a ADC to VGA adaptor for 30 bucks (for another machine in use). It was by Dr. Bott. There is nothing on their website now. Dr. Bott service stated that Apple had something to do with the discontinued status? Locked down their technology?
Some site show any ADC to VGA adaptor discontinued.
What is up?
Alternatives? Should I just get a new cheap graphics card? or are there ther alternatives. Yes, this is old technology, and we will get new computers, but we will have this machine a few more years...
Thanks for any help
Mac Pro 2.66 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Apple did not try to stop others from using ADC. They made it an open standard, but few other manufacturers used it. Formac did make a LCD display with ADC. Most display makers didn't want to make models that would only work with a Mac, even though it would be cheaper (no power supply needed). Other computer makers didn't use it because they would need bigger power supplies (Apple made a CRT with ADC that needed 113 watts), adapters would be needed for most displays, and they would need special graphics cards. Because of lack of demand from other computer makers, no graphics card maker made any ADC cards for non-Apple computers.
Apple dropped AC for several reasons:
Multiple displays were being used more, and there was only one ADC per computer. DVI to ADC adapters are expensive and messy.
They wanted to sell their displays to non-Mac users.
Bigger displays needed more power (30" needs 150 watts)
With their main customer gone, the connector maker dropped the connectors, so adapter makers have no more parts for the adapters. Adapters are now scarce and expensive, but it's not Apple's fault.
There are still a few ADC to VGA adapters for sale:
<http://www.mac-pro.com/s.nl/it.A/id.230/.f?sc=2&category=128>
<http://www.welovemacs.com/mcaadcvga.html>
If the Quicksilver is the earlier (2001) model, such as the dual 800 Mhz, the adapter won't be useful with any of the graphic cards that originally came with it. It will work with 2002 Quicksilvers, such as the single 800MHz.

Connecting RGB/VGA monitor to ADC connector on G4

I've got a G4 that has a Nvidia GeForce2 MX video card with an ADC and RGB/VGA connectors on it.
The RGB/VGA connection is completely broken. I have hooked up 5 monitors to it and they are all awful looking with color problems and major banding all over the screen.
the ADC port is fine. but I am giving this to a friend who only has an RGB screen, not an apple display.
Does anyone know of an inexpensive adaptor that will allow me to hook up an RGB/VGA monitor to the apple ADC connector on the video card of this G4?
Thank you

The adapter just takes the analog video signals from pins on the ADC plug and connects the to pins on the VGA socket. It doesn't do any electronic conversion. Since the board is only designed to run one display at a time, it is unlikely they use two digital to analog converter chips. They probably run the output from one converter to both connectors on the board. If the analog is bad on the VGA connector, it probably will be bad from the ADC. You may be lucky, but with the current prices of ADC to VGA adapters, I wanted to warn you that it may not work.

VGA (pc) to DVI or ADC monitor

Is there a way to possibly accomplish this feat? Looking at getting a G5 and want to keep only one monitor on the desk top if possible.
Steven

Hi-
You cannot go from VGA to DVI or ADC.
VGA is analog only. DVI-I and ADC is both digital and analog, but DVI and ADC monitors are digital.
You can convert DVI and ADC to analog VGA for an analog monitor, but you cannot convert VGA analog to digital from VGA.
Looking at getting a G5 and want to keep only one monitor on the desk top if possible.
A G5 will most likely have DVI and ADC.
If your monitor is VGA, use an inexpensive DVI to VGA adapter.

Dual ADC and dual VGA......Possible?

My mate and I are both running a VGA LCD display connected via the included VGA to DVI adaptor plus an Apple Studio Display (ADC). Both on G4 MDD.
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Is there a way that He can run two LCD's and I can run two Apple Studio Displays?

So, (assuming one card, with one of each ADC and DVI ports) to run another ADC display on a machine with an existing ADC display, you need a DVI to ADC adapter like the following:
http://www.kvm-switches-online.com/ext-dvi-2-adc.html
http://www.smalldog.com/product/12651652/atfgc
Then, to run 2 VGA displays on one machine, you need the current DVI to VGA adapter plus an ADC to VGA adapter:
http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1299
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2nd monitor / VGA to ADC

Hi
I have my G5 connect to Song Monitor via DCI port.
I like to add another monitor.
The monitor I got come with the VGA port and now I only have ADC port available.
How could I make it work?
1. can I connect the monitor VGA port to the VGA to DVI connector and then connect it to the DVI to ADC connector?
2. can I connect a Y cable which one side connect to the DVI and the other two come with VGA port?
3. can I use the video card from my G4 cube to the G5?
Any advice.
Thank you

As I said above, if the DVI port is already used by a DVI display, you should try to find an ADC to VGA adapter. Unfortunately, I don't know of anyone still making these adapters, so you need to search online or on eBay. They seem quite hard to find.
However, there are plenty of DVI to VGA adapters, including the one Apple sells.
So you if you really want to do this, you can get an ADC to DVI adapter, for example
http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=0136-ADDV
and connect the DVI display to your ADC port. Then get a DVI to VGA adapter, for example
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8754G/A?mco=MTIxODk3Mw
and connect the VGA display to your DVI port.
And before buying, consider the total cost of acquiring these adapters against getting a newer better video card with two DVI ports. Or maybe getting an older Apple display with an ADC port.

ADC to VGA, I think?

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