[Macpartners] video adapters

[David M. Templeton]

http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8661LL/B

The DVI to ADC adapter of the correct gender (linked above) supplies power; it also costs $99 :(

Dave

On Feb 3, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Felix Kreisel wrote:

> Colleagues,
> one of my users is buying an iMac and wants to connect his existing Apple 23" Cinema Display with the ADC connector to the second display port of this iMac. The only way it seems possible is with a kludge: 
> from the iMac to a Mini DisplayPort--DVI adapter;
> from there to the Apple DVI to ADC Display Adapter;
> then to the Cinema Display.
> 
> However, this old Apple Cinema Display gets its power from the CPU box over this huge cable, does it not? Will this kludge work?
> 
> Felix Kreisel - Systems Engineer
> Plasma Science & Fusion Center, MIT
> 617-253-8625   fjk at mit.edu
> 
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