3DO M2 development on mac ?

[zappenduster]

tonight i have my last shift of work so tomorow i check the manuals and the cd completly iam sure we can work that out

[zappenduster]

ahh waiting was good just found the perfect mac i think

8100/110.
MacOS 8.1 installed
112 MB RAM
2 GByte hdd
CDROM drive
floppydrive

Ethernetadapter
Original Mac- keyboard
Original Mac Mouse

[zappenduster]

ok today the mac arrived so now some littles things left before i can start with the 3do m2 checking =)

since its doesnt have a normal vga connector is there a way to let this mac run on a normal pc like monitor ?

i see at least 2 monitor connector:
1. on the graphic card which i think can be driven with a normal vga monitor through a cheap adapter db15-vga or am i wrong ?
2. on the left site (3rd from top) there is a straight connector which looks like some kind of dvi connector (where they already around in 1995 ?) so could i just stick my lcd on that ? (havent checked if they even fit physically but they look not too much different)

heres a picture of a similar powermac so you know what i mean (sorry for huge size)

[SuperGrafx]

ok today the mac arrived so now some littles things left before i can start with the 3do m2 checking =)

since its doesnt have a normal vga connector is there a way to let this mac run on a normal pc like monitor ?

i see at least 2 monitor connector:
1. on the graphic card which i think can be driven with a normal vga monitor through a cheap adapter db15-vga or am i wrong ?
2. on the left site (3rd from top) there is a straight connector which looks like some kind of dvi connector (where they already around in 1995 ?) so could i just stick my lcd on that ? (havent checked if they even fit physically but they look not too much different)

heres a picture of a similar powermac so you know what i mean (sorry for huge size)

1. Yes, you can run most old Macs on a standard VGA monitor using the adapter you mentioned. Apple-branded monitors from that era often had a weird connector, but if you're using a standard VGA monitor then you should be OK. I used to run an old pre-G3 Mac and installed a Voodoo PCI card which allowed me a straight VGA connection with no adapters needed.

2. I have no idea what that DVI connector thing is...never seen it before.

[zappenduster]

1. Yes, you can run most old Macs on a standard VGA monitor using the adapter you mentioned. Apple-branded monitors from that era often had a weird connector, but if you're using a standard VGA monitor then you should be OK. I used to run an old pre-G3 Mac and installed a Voodoo PCI card which allowed me a straight VGA connection with no adapters needed.

2. I have no idea what that DVI connector thing is...never seen it before.

ill try one of these adapter first (they are cheap enough 5euro or so) so it doesnt matter
hmm the vodoo card i dont think theres one out for the nubus slots but i check that later

thx very much for the answer

[HI_Ricky]

hmm you 8100 have video out.
try use s-video cable , happy use mac on tv ;)

[zappenduster]

hmm you 8100 have video out.
try use s-video cable , happy use mac on tv ;)

lol thanks for that hint my 23"lcd has a composite in for video i just switch it in there so i dont have to wait the 2-3 days till the adapter arrives =)

btw. the picture isnt my powerpc but it should be the same model iam a little behind with my photoseries since i also have pictures of the 3do m2 cards and some other stuff on my digicam but hadnt time to load it to the pc

[SuperGrafx]

ill try one of these adapter first (they are cheap enough 5euro or so) so it doesnt matter
hmm the vodoo card i dont think theres one out for the nubus slots but i check that later

thx very much for the answer

Oh, this is a Nubus model? Then no, no 3DFX Voodoo cards exist for this model.
Give the adapter a try...I'm 99% it will work just fine.