[P1] hacking iBook for external monitor

Brian Michael Lim / EchoGrafika brianlim at qinet.net
Thu Jul 3 02:54:57 PDT 2003


Jar,

That's weird. I tried it on my ibook 800 (32mb VRAM model) with combo drive
and I can't get it working. My system profiler shows I'm using ATI, M7
What should I do?
-- 
Kind regards,
Brian

"Excellence is not an act but a habit. It is a lifestyle."

r
> 
> Hi Ron,
> 
> Yeah, I am using the hack and am very happy with it. The iBook even
> remembers the screens I have connected it to. And you can use I higher
> resolution if use synchronizing mode.
> 
> I am using the iBook for graphic work and sometimes if I am working on big
> files there is some drawing problem. It takes a little more time.
> 
> But overall I am very happy with it. I thought that the dualdesktop option
> would be standard on all Mac's. So I was a little disapointed when I found
> it wasn't so.
> 
> After a long search I found:
> http://www.dpgrafix.com/ibook/
> (It works on the 700mhz iBook and higher, so I understand)
> 
> And I jumped a hole in the air of excitement.
> 
> 
> Jarr Geerligs

>



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