Jonnyboy
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Quick question - macsCan you use a standard TFt screen with a MAC? We have one 'blown' and i don't want to send my engineer over to the dept unless he can swap it for a standard one from my stock.
Ta.
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Northern_Lad
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You have a screen with your mac? I just pull the toggles and it shriks the hood - gives you a little window to see out of, but you don't get wet.
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LynneA
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I'll ask Howard when I speak to him at lunchtime.
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sean
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Yep AFAIK.
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LynneA
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Howard says that providing your graphics card is compatible there shouldn't be a problem.
Hope you understand what that means, 'cos he's off to another office do this afternoon. Wednesday afternoon's one continued on the train home, and the departmental one is next week. Last year that lasted 8 hours and involved 3 bottles of Sambucca. For a department of 5.
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Gervase
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Yup, no problem.
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Jonnyboy
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Thanks.
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Northern_Lad
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Anytime; glad to be of use.
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dougal
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Sorry I wasn't around earlier.
Its not the liquid crystal technology (TFT) that matters its the connector.
1/ Beige macs had a 15 pin (2 rows) connector that dated from Apple's 1986 introduction of plug & play. Later they adopted the PC standard (once it had evolved) for plug & play using a VGA connector.
2/ Apple were among the first to use (briefly) a DVI connector before they produced their own improved version, known as ADC, carrying power, usb, start/stop and screen (basically brightness) control.
3/ Fairly recently, (G5s) they have gone back to DVI...
So a screen with VGA and DVI inputs (and cables) would be sure to attach to any screenless Mac of the last ~10/15 years or so.
Otherwise specify the Mac and I'll tell you what to expect... 
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