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From: J. J. Lodder on 7 Mar 2007 05:10
Pete <not(a)this.address> wrote:

> Is anyone still selling the DAD1419 adapter in the UK?

Apple discontinued them long ago.

> I was wondering if
> it's worth selling on ebay but that depends on what they sell for and how
> likely it is to sell. If someone would pay me �3 on ebay I'd put it on -
> it's a pint of beer after all. Do you think I'd be wasting my time?

IIRC Apple gave them away 'for free' with the early G4-s.
There must be a lot of them around, (in the landfill)
so perhaps they are worth something again.

The ones I have were all presents,

Jan


From: J. J. Lodder on 9 Mar 2007 04:22
J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

> Pete <not(a)this.address> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have some MAC /PC adapters I bought a few years ago and forgot all about.
> > I was hoping someone could let me know what they are and if they are worth
> > selling on ebay or if they are so obsolete so nobody would want them.
> >
> > Part 1 is a UniMacFly monitor converter. It has a 15 pin female conector on
> > one end (to plug in a PC monitor) and a much larger 15 pin male socket on
> > the other end. It has eight dip switches in the middle to change screen size
> > and resoluition according to the table printed on it. Anyone know what it
> > was used for, if they are still used and if it's worth anything?
>
> This one connects a (PC) VGA monitor to an old 'beige' Mac.
> They were used when VGA was cheap compared to real mac monitor.
> It is pretty useless nowadays, few people still run 'beige' Macs,
> and if you do, why not connect a second hand real Mac monitor.
>
> > Part 2 is a DAD1419 adapter. Is says "PU MAC monitor adapter F/Motorola
> > clones" and "VGA to MAC motorola adapter". It has a 15 pin male vga socket
> > on one end and a larger 15 pin female socket on the other end. Anyone know
> > what it was used for, if they are still used and if it's worth anything?
>
> This one connects an old 'beige' Mac monitor to a VGA port.
> (on a PC or on a more recent Mac)
> It may still be quite useful.
> Second hand beige Mac CRT-s can be picked up for next to nothing,
> and with the adapter they can be used as second screen
> next to the DVI or ADC one. (if you have the desktop space)
>
> They serve well for tool palettes, activity monitor, etc.

On second thought a forgot to mention
that these adapters can be chained.
Thus you can connect a glorious 21' colorsync
to for example a Mac Mini through the DVI -> VGA
and a VGA -> DB15 adapter.

Handy, when you have an oldie wasting space,
and not dicided on which new screen,

Jan

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