Thunderbolt + DVI chained monitors on Macbook Pro
Hi All,
I'm a software engineer, and I work on building distributed systems. I usually have my IDE window open on my Thunderbolt display and several terminal/ssh windows open on my MBP's display. I'm getting to the point where I'm connecting to too many nodes to fit them onto my MBP display. I have a spare Acer monitor I previously had connected via a DVI->Thunderbolt adapter cable to my MPB. I only have 1 thunderbolt port in my MBP, and I've tried the following configuration. Unfortunately, my Acer monitor doesn't receive any video from the MBP. Is it possible to have 2 external monitors with the following configurations.
Acert--(DVI + Thunderbolt adapter)---> Thunderbolt display----> MBP
Where --> is the male adapter of the cable.
Thanks in advance!
Todd
Anyone? This seems like it should work. It's my understanding that thunderbolt is just a comm's bus, so I'm suprised the the monitor didn't "just work". I'm not sure what else I need to do, does this require special hardware?
Thanks,
Todd
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