plugging a DELL U2715H 27" into a beige Powermac G3 - possible?

[Upgrader]

Hi

I need to access my beige Powermac G3 266mhz (I need to transfer some old cubase midi files across to Mojave).

If I get a VGA to DisplayPort adaptor will I get a picture?

It doesn't have to be a great picture, full screen etc - as long as I can see it, we're all good.

Thanks.

 

[Amethyst1]

All DisplayPort to VGA adapters I know of are from DP to VGA and will not work.

The U2715H also has HDMI inputs though, so an active VGA to HDMI converter like this one should work.

 

[Upgrader]

All DisplayPort to VGA adapters I know of are from DP to VGA and will not work.

The U2715H also has HDMI inputs though, so an active VGA to HDMI converter like this one should work.

This was exactly the kind of insight I'd hoped for - thanks.

 

[Upgrader]

All DisplayPort to VGA adapters I know of are from DP to VGA and will not work.

The U2715H also has HDMI inputs though, so an active VGA to HDMI converter like this one should work.

Unfortunately it's proving very difficult to find an affordable adapter that connects in the right direction - ie from the G3 VGA output to the HDMI input on my DELL monitor.

 

[Amethyst1]

Unfortunately it's proving very difficult to find an affordable adapter that connects in the right direction - ie from the G3 VGA output to the HDMI input on my DELL monitor.

GANA VGA to HDMI Adapter, Mini Vga Adapter Box Steadily Convert Full HD Audio Video Below 1080P from VGA to HDMI, Support HDTV PC Laptop Monitor Computer Mac Projector

PR0DUCT DESPRITION

www.amazon.com

 

[Upgrader]

GANA VGA to HDMI Adapter, Mini Vga Adapter Box Steadily Convert Full HD Audio Video Below 1080P from VGA to HDMI, Support HDTV PC Laptop Monitor Computer Mac Projector

PR0DUCT DESPRITION

www.amazon.com

Just found one. Thanks for the link.

 

[Amethyst1]

Just found one. Thanks for the link.

I'd be interested in knowing whether it works as expected. So if you reported back that would be cool.

 

[Upgrader]

I'd be interested in knowing whether it works as expected. So if you reported back that would be cool.

No problem - I intended to report back anyway. Thanks again.

 

[LightBulbFun]

not quite what the OP is looking for but have a picture of my own U2715H Jabbed into my Power Macintosh 4400 (through DVI on a Radeon 9200) running 7.6.1 LOL

(although if the OP cant get an adapter to work, picking up a cheap DVI card for his G3 beige might be another option, of course you could also remove the HDD from the G3 beige and connect to a modern mac if all else fails)

 

[Amethyst1]

not quite what the OP is looking for but have a picture of my own U2715H Jabbed into my Power Macintosh 4400 (through DVI on a Radeon 9200) running 7.6.1 LOL

Wait until I show 7.6.1 at 3840×2400 on my Bertha, LOL.

 

[Upgrader]

not quite what the OP is looking for but have a picture of my own U2715H Jabbed into my Power Macintosh 4400 (through DVI on a Radeon 9200) running 7.6.1 LOL

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(although if the OP cant get an adapter to work, picking up a cheap DVI card for his G3 beige might be another option, of course you could also remove the HDD from the G3 beige and connect to a modern mac if all else fails)

This is useful to see, thanks.

Good shout on dropping the HDD into my Mac Pro but I need to be able to boot into OS9 and run Cubase. Doubt this would work by plugging the drive into my Mac Pro.

 

[LightBulbFun]

depending technically minded you are etc

you could plug the HDD into the MP via whatever means (USB dock FW dock etc)

then fire up QEMU, and do a raw disk pass through, and just boot the OS 9.2.2 install in the QEMU emulated sawtooth

(although being an install that originated from a G3 beige, im not sure if the new world ROM is installed on that install but that would not be TOO hard to sort out)

 

[Upgrader]

Good news - the adaptor worked perfectly! I unplugged the HDMI cable from my Apple TV and into the adaptor and booted the G3 - worked first time.

This was the adaptor I went with: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07D51QCFF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It requires power from the included USB cable and luckily I'd added a USB/Firewire 400 PCI card to the G3 back in 1998.

I've also managed to get the MIDI files to transfer across to my Mac Pro via my old Firewire 400 drive and they import into Logic Pro and work fine. It's a winner all round.

It's a shame that the G3 is so noisy as it still works perfectly well as an audio editor. Would be good to be able to leave it all plugged in but the fans are crazy loud.

Anyways, thanks for all your help with this everyone - much appreciated.

 

[Amethyst1]

Glad to have been of assistance.