Re: running a Q800 headless

Sascha Welter <[email protected]> Thu, 29 May 2003 18:37:19 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.mac68k
Message-ID <[email protected]>
(Thu, May 29, 2003 at 08:20:33AM -0700) megarat wrote/schrieb/egrapse:
> > > Just wondered if anyone here knows where I can get or
> > > has directions for building a terminator for the video
> > > port of a Q800 so I can run it headless.
> 
> i'm *pretty sure* you can do this with a DB15-to-VGA adaptor, and you can buy
> those for cheap.  just set the dip-switches to an acceptable resolution (e.g.,
> 640x480), don't plug a monitor into the VGA end, and voila.
> 
> again, i should stress that i *think* this will work.  i saw someone do it with
> a PM7200 about six years ago or so, but i've never done it myself.

I did it many times and currently am doing it with a Quadra 700 
and one of those converters.

HTH

Regards,

Sascha