In article <JD02tC.Gv0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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B'ichela <mdalene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <null-9E3F1F.08483205022007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Greg
> Buchner wrote:
> > Yes, you can just put in two dual-head Mac compatible graphics or a
> > total of 4 Mac compatible graphics cards, hook up monitors and boot.
> > They'll be automagically configured to display. No files to edit.
> > After booting OS X, you should be able to setup the monitors in the
> > display preference pane to match how they're setup on your desk so it
> > would make for easy navigating.
> I am Green with envy! trying to dual head under Linux was
> always a little more difficult. Your next part of your response
> interests me.
You could actually do 8 displays on a B&W G3. Four dual-head graphics
card would do it.
> > Once upon a time, when I was doing some volunteer work at a place that
> > was trying to recycle old computers for use by low-income people, we
set
> > up a Mac II with 6 graphics cards and hooked up 6 monitors to it space
> > over three shelves. Then arranged all the monitors in the Monitors
> > control panel (System 7) and let it run. It was a handy way to test
> > monitors.
> Now what kinds of video cards would be best suited for a Blue
> and White G3? ATI? Nvidia? How hard was it to do with Mac Os 9.2.2?
> the OP did get my curiosity up with this. Although I would probally
> only go with two monitors here.
ATI PCI cards designed for the Mac. Topped out at the Radeon 9200 PCI.
There is the ATI Radeon 7000 PCI which is apparently flashable on the PC
to make it work on a Mac. (Don't ask me how, I don't know. I bought
mine on ebay.) A lot of people often end up selling the PCI ATI Rage
128 that came with their B&W G3 if they upgraded to a faster graphics
card. I don't think nVidia made any PCI graphics card that were
compatible with the Mac without fla****ng PC graphics card. (Again,
don't ask me...) There are probably a few other ATI models that work,
but I haven't thought much about other graphics cards since I got a
Radeon 9800 for my G4 a year and a half ago.
Some of the later graphics cards from ATI also didn't have drivers for
OS 9, only OS X. However, they do tend to work as displays, you just
don't get any of the hardware acceleration.
This is the list that work in a B&W G3.
ATI Radeon 9200
<http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9200/radeon9200me/specs.html>
ATI Radeon 7000
<http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon7000/radeon7000me/index.html>
ATI Radeon <No product number>
<http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon/radeonmacedition/index.html>
ATI Rage 128
No link at ATI
Plus, there's other older graphics cards that would work, but I'm not
familiar with them.
As for how hard it is to do, you should just have to plug them in and
they'll work. Drivers might be required for some options, but they
should sup****t all basic functions straight away. Apple includes ATI
sup****t with the install of OS 9.
Greg B.
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Actual e-mail address is gregbuchner and I'm located at gmail.com
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