21"+ Mac BNC Monitors on PCs?
I have an older Macintosh 21" monitor, one that uses three BNC connectors. Such monitors can also be found in used computer stores, flea markets, clearances sales from universities, and so on. I'm wondering if a way exists, currently, to adapt these for use on AGP-based PCs? The one I have, for example, still has a nice picture and would be perfectly usable except that I no longer have a Mac that needs it.
Anyone know of an easy way to make an adaptation to PC for these monitors? I contacted Redmond Cable, who used to be good at this sort of thing, and they said it can't really be done. I find that hard to believe.
You may find this useful.
That's actually a Sun or other workstation monitor. Converters to use with VGA are available, haven't shopped for them in a long time so I'm not up on where to look (besides ebay).
Hmm, I'm not sure what "BNC" is. I've got a Mac monitor from 5-6 years ago that isn't directly compatible with the standard VGA output cord. However, after searching Fry's for a few minutes, I found two adaptors which, if used together, seemed like they would enable the connection, at least physically. And sure enough, the monitor worked just fine with PCs. I think the overall cost was around $6 for both.
I can probably dig them out for you and list the parts #s if they're written on the parts. But I might be totally off on what you need.
Never mind, I'm out of my league and totally wrong. ;o)
The main problem, IIRC, is that many older Mac-only monitors tend to be single-resolution monitors. The PC requires a multisync monitor.
You just need to know where to look:
http://rainbow.ldgo.columbia.edu/documentation/sgi-faq/hardware/20.html
SGI monitors and old Mac monitors are pretty similar. You'd need to check to see if your particular monitor does sync-on-green, but it *is* possible.
As for the multisync/fixed frequency issue, you only need to ensure that whatever frequencies your video card is producing match the frequency (hsync/vsync) that the monitor expects.
That monitor DOES synch on green. If you can't figure out a way to use it on a Windows box, just hang on to it for a while and I'll swing out there and pick it up for my own use. :)
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