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crt to dvi-i converter - sam ward - 09-29-2007
Trying to buy online the CRT to DVI converter -- that's the six-inch cabel with two white plugs, one a 15-hole female (crt) and the other the DVI-i that came with both my G4 and G5s that you used with the old crt video cards to convert to lcds. Don't know what to call it to do a search. Thanks
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - Forrest - 09-29-2007
Google DVI to VGA Mac
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - Gareth - 09-29-2007
The adapter that came with the computers actually goes the other way. It allows you to connect a VGA display (be it a CRT or LCD) to a DVI graphics card.
http://www.svideo.com/dvi.html
The adapter you describe (connecting a digital display to an analog graphics card) is actually quite difficult to do and costs $300:
http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1310
They sell it or something similar on the first link as well.
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - sam ward - 09-29-2007
gareth: is that what you call it, a VGA to a DVI adapter?
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - sam ward - 09-29-2007
DVI-VGA adapter?
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - sam ward - 09-29-2007
in case anyone else needs to know:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000ACOBL?ie=UTF8&condition=new&tag=dealtime-ce-mpfeed-20&creative=380345&creativeASIN=B0000ACOBL&linkCode=asm
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - sam ward - 09-29-2007
No. That's for DVI to S-video
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - Gareth - 09-29-2007
The first link I posted was a DVI to VGA adapter. This is what shipped with the computers originally.
The second link is a VGA to DVI converter.
Re: crt to dvi-i converter - sam ward - 09-29-2007
Right. DVI to VGA.