using my cinema display with my PC

[carl201167]

I'd like to get some files off my old PC, but the CRT monitor has long since died

Sacrilege that it is, I'd like to hook up the PC to my 20" cinema display, but of course the ports don't match

Please could someone tell me if there's an adapter I can buy to solve this, and if so, what is it called? thank you

 

[MacAnkka]

If the ports don't match, I guess your PC only has a VGA-connector, which uses an analog signal. Apple Cinema Displays have only a DVI-connector, which uses digital signal.

So to get it working, you would have to have an adapter that converts VGA (analog signal) to DVI (digital signal). Unfortunately any kind of Analog to Digital converters are usually quite expensive.

Here's an example:
http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1310
$299

You could buy a new monitor for that price. Or a video card that supports DVI.

 

[carl201167]

$299?

OK, I think I'll take the old PC in a taxi to work and hook it up to one of those monitors

 

[aj98]

I'd like to get some files off my old PC, but the CRT monitor has long since died

Sacrilege that it is, I'd like to hook up the PC to my 20" cinema display, but of course the ports don't match

Please could someone tell me if there's an adapter I can buy to solve this, and if so, what is it called? thank you

There are several approaches to what you want to do.

Since you say "old" PC, I'll assume it has IDE drives, not SATA drives.

As such, if you have a G4, you can simply remove the drive from your PC and install it in the G4. (making sure to set the master/slave jumpers appropriately).

OS X can read/write/format fat32, and read NTFS. move files as appropriate, or jsut leave the drive in the Mac.

Alternately, you can remove the drive from the PC, install it in an external USB or FW case, and use it that way.

If the PC powers up, adn it is so configured, you can use (free) MS Remote Desktop Connection to access it over a network, turn on sharing, etc. then access the shared drive from the Finder....