[G4] VGA Monitor on a Mac G3-Thanks

[Roger Harris]

This issue is a pain in the ass on the G3; as many things are. You  
need a VGA adapter that has dip switches. Many of these have markings  
to tell you how to set the switches for certain resolutions and for  
Multi-Res for certain monitor sizes. Here is the crunch: The G3 is  
different than other Macs in regard to the jumpers. Monitor companies  
like Viewsonic can tell you what to use for the G3 but companies like  
Compaq would not know the right settings. I would go to the Google  
Mac and search for G3 VGA settings. Finding out who really made the  
monitor would help. If all this fails you will have to try setting  
until one works.

Also, A smart monitor person can probably give an answer if the have  
the pin-out of the mac and the monitor; I am not the smart guy.

Roger


On May 30, 2005, at 9:45 PM, Ron Michael wrote:

> I'm the guy wanting to hook a Compaq 140 VGA monitor to my Mac G3  
> 266 desktop running OS 9.2.2 w/ a Mac VGA adapter. I've gotten many  
> good suggestions including changing the pin settings on the  
> adapter. I may not have been clear on my original post but I can't  
> adjust monitor Control Panel, or any other settings because I have  
> a blank screen and can't get past that part. I did a "google"  
> trying to find the correct pin settings but couldn't find that. It  
> may not be a multi-sync monitor. I'll check into that. Anymore  
> suggestions, I'll hear them but thanks for all your contributions.
> Ron/TN
>