VGAtor - VGA to ADC adapter for 12" G4 Powerbooks
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VGAtor - VGA to ADC adapter for 12" G4 Powerbooks
$349.95 Orig. Price
$296.14
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- Item Number:
- dr_-12842
- Vendor Number:
- 12842
- Vendor:
- Dr. Bott
What's on this page?
- Now bundled with DVI Extractor II an ADC-DVI adapter.
- Works with Apple ADC and DVI displays from 15" - 30".
- Works best with Mac OS X, compatible with Mac OS 9 and Windows 2000/XP.
Easy to set up. - VGAtor (pronounced "vee-gee-ator") allows the use Apple's ADC and DVI flat panel displays on any computer with a compatible VGA graphics card.
- VGAtor is an electronic converter that translates analogue VGA signals to digital ADC signals used to drive Apple's ADC and DVI 15", 17", 20", 22" 23" and 30" displays in pristine "like DVI" quality. Power supply, ADC-DVI adapter and good looks included!
VGAtor to the rescue!
VGAtor converts VGA and USB signals into a single digital ADC signal, preserving the original colour and resolution and adding flicker-free digital flat-panel quality, often superior to the built-in notebook display!
VGAtor includes an original Apple power supply to guarantee the best available solution for using your Apple flat panel display with a VGA notebook or desktop.
Setup is straightforward - all necessary cables are included - just plug everything in and choose "Detect Displays" in the Displays Control Panel, and presto, your ADC monitor is up and running!
A software wizard is included so that you can fine tune image parameters such as Phase (the fuzziness on screen), horizontal and vertical position and, should you ever need to, color as well. VGAtor stores the parameters associated with your display and will remember them until you hook up a different display.
This allows you to leave VGAtor on your desk (the case is just too beautiful to hide it!) waiting for you to come back and use the extra screen real estate whenever you need it, without even rebooting your PowerBook!
Video Cards
VGAtor is compatible with all PowerBooks with a built-in VGA port as well as all PC notebooks that can use a second display as additional desktop space.
Specifically, VGAtor was optimized for the PowerBook G4 12" with VGA . This PowerBook supports the full range of ADC displays in full resolution and colour depth.
The PowerBook G4 Titanium with VGA output is limited to 16 Bit color at higher resolutions and may be limited to the 15, 17 and 22" Apple ADC displays, depending on the graphics chip set and operating system your particular model is using.
Older PowerBook G3 (Pismo, Lombard and Wallstreet) models are limited to 1280x1024 (15 and 17" ADC Studio Displays) and video quality may be lacking at the top resolution.
PC notebooks require a chipset that is able to handle dual displays (typically this is the case for ATI and nVidia mobile chip sets from 2003 and later as well as some earlier ones).
Certain iMac G4 and iBook models are also compatible. These computers will work out of the box if they have a built-in VGA-port (adapter in the box for iBooks, optional for iMac G4) and the screen size is 1024x768. These iBooks and iMacs allow mirroring to a 15" ADC Studio Display via VGAtor.
Mac and PC desktop computers with VGA cards can theoretically use VGAtor. However, we have not extensively tested such combinations and there can be unexpected complications (see next paragraph on DVI cards). We are unable to provide support for such configurations!
Mac and PC computers with DVI cards should really be using DVIator. However, sometimes VGAtor is the only option - e.g. if the DVI chip on such a card has blown. This often leaves the card working well in VGA and the owner is tempted to give VGAtor a try. Unfortunately, some cards provide unexpected results - particularly Radeon 9000 Mac cards have an irritating habit of immediately shutting down the computer when they notice an Apple ADC display connected via VGA.
Displays
DVIator supports the Apple 15" Studio Display, the 17" Studio Display, the 20" Apple Cinema Display, the 22" Apple Cinema Display and the 23" Apple Cinema HD Display with ADC connectors
Since Sep. 1st, 2004, VGAtor ships complete with the ADC-DVI adapter DVI Extractor II . This adapter enables the use of the 20" Apple Cinema Display (DVI), the 23" Apple Cinema HD Display (DVI) and even the Apple 30" Cinema HD Display.
The Apple 30" Cinema HD Display is supported in Presentation Mode only. In this mode video signals are transmitted using the single-link DVI standard. The resolution is at 1280x800 - ideal for boardroom presentations to small and medium sized groups. We have tested Presentation Mode with PowerBook G4 with VGA output (Titanium and Aluminium models) and PowerBook G3 "Pismo", older PowerBooks do not work!
The now obsolete ADC 17" CRT Studio Display is not supported by VGAtor.
Operating System
VGAtor is independent of a specific OS, so there is no special requirement for the computer or the operating system other than requirements dictated by the video card.
The wizard software for fine-tuning display quality is available for Mac OS X and Windows 2000/XP.
Similar products
To do the reverse - run a VGA Monitor on an ADC Mac - we offer an ADC-VGA adapter called VGA Extractor.
We also have a set of products to perform DVI-ADC conversion ( DVIator ) and ADC-DVI conversion ( DVI Extractor II ).
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VGAtor - VGA to ADC adapter for 12" G4 Powerbooks
$349.95 Orig. Price
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VGAtor - VGA to ADC adapter for 12" G4 Powerbooks
$349.95 Orig. Price
$296.14
