<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Jun 10, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Ernest Vincent Pons-Worley wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hi Folks.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I'm an idiot when it comes to monitors and video cards, so if you can help me that would be great.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I have a dual 450 MHz AGP G4 that has VGA and DVI (24) female connectors on the back.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It's hooked up to a Sony CRT monitor.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I recently got a hold of an older Apple Cinema display (the kind that shipped with the Quicksilver towers).<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It combines the USB, power and video all into one cable with a DVI (30) male connector.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Question:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>is there some kind of adaptor that could bridge the DVI (30) male to the DVI (24) female or to the VGA female plugs?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It would be nice to free up some room on my desk by replacing the bulky CRT monitor with the flat Cinema display. Thanks.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>You may wish to check out the following Apple Support documents:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>"<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>Power Mac G4: Display Compatibility" </B></SPAN></FONT><<A href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58692">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58692</A>></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>"<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>Monitor and Display Adapter Table" </B></SPAN></FONT><<A href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=33001">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=33001</A>></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"></FONT></BODY></HTML>