Subject: Re: One monitor, two computers?
From: Don Arbow (donarb@nwlink.com)
Date: Thu Oct 28 1999 - 15:54:02 MDT
On 10/28/99 at 4:00 PM, Dan Delaney wrote:
: On 10/28/99 3:52 PM, Don Arbow wrote:
: > I bought a switch box (for about $50) that has three Mac monitor ports (DB25)
: > on the back.
:
: First of all, the Apple monitor ports are DB15s, not DB25s. Second, you paid
: WAY too much for that box. If you live in a city which has the MarketPro
: computer shows every month, I suggest you go to one of them and get yourself
: either a DB15 switch box, or a sub-DB15 box (the kind that all PCs and the
: new Macs with ATI cards use). You can usually find them there for $10 to
: $20. You'll also need to get an extra monitor cable which you should be able
: to find there for very cheap as well. If you buy these same items from a
: store, you'll end up paying well over double the price (as Don did).
:
: --Dan
:
:
Oh, I guess it was a DB15, I only remembered it was DB-something. I bought it a
couple of years ago. The $50 I quoted may have been too high, I don't recall the
exact price, but it included state sales tax and shipping. All I recall is that
after driving to CompUSA and a couple of others and not finding anything for Macs,
I was more than happy to pay for the box when I found one for sale.
Don
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