Hi. I just got a B&W G3 300 (Rev. 1, I think) from a generous cousin and I'm thinking of using it to run MAME inside the guts of an old Asteroids machine I have. Especially since upgrading the HD seems to be a problem with these machines. I don't have an adapter for VGA yet so I haven't powered it up but I saw it had S-Video in and another S-Video-ish out in the back of the machine. My s-video cable won't fit in it but it will fit the in. What kind of video cable does this use and are they still available? I'm very eager to get this thing up and running.
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Oh. I should add the port in question is labeled simply "TV OUT". Again, help would be greatly appreciated here.
Okay. I've been looking and looking... and looking. I think I've learned I have an old education model and the card is an ATI Rage Pro. I think. I can't tell by looking at the card itself.
I'd like to have something ready for Christmas with kids coming by. I can't believe this is such a hard question to find an answer for. The plug is the size of an S-Video female but S-Video doesn't go in and the pin config is different. What is this crazy plug?!
I'd like to have something ready for Christmas with kids coming by. I can't believe this is such a hard question to find an answer for. The plug is the size of an S-Video female but S-Video doesn't go in and the pin config is different. What is this crazy plug?!
Some ATI cards came with an adapter that plugged into that port. It had an S-video and a composite (RCA) socket on the other end.
Here's one (expensive though).
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Video-Card-To-S-Video-F-RCA-jack-Adapter-UK-ATI_W0QQitem Z5843678149QQcategoryZ41993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Here's one (expensive though).
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Video-Card-To-S-Video-F-RCA-jack-Adapter-UK-ATI_W0QQitem Z5843678149QQcategoryZ41993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Hey! That's got to be the plug. Nice of the seller to show a close up of the connection. It's like S-Video only the rectangular bar is in the center of the plug rather than top. Although I won't get this up by Christmas at least I have a solution.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I bought two of those cards on eBay when I was looking for a second Video Card for some Video Editing systems.
The largest chip in the Component side of this PCI-slot card has the ATI-3D logo, and characters below call it RAGE LT PRO AGP. A chip nearby has a paper label that says: LTP 328 and 54104. PN 109-54100-00 is silk screened next to the ATI logo on the corner.
There is also a 20-pin rectangular connector labeled "DEF". I have never seen display gear that plugged into that. Any ideas what that one is?
These cards worked great (off the VGA connector) in Mac OS 9, But OS X 10.3.9 would not deal with them except in 256-color mode.
The largest chip in the Component side of this PCI-slot card has the ATI-3D logo, and characters below call it RAGE LT PRO AGP. A chip nearby has a paper label that says: LTP 328 and 54104. PN 109-54100-00 is silk screened next to the ATI logo on the corner.
There is also a 20-pin rectangular connector labeled "DEF". I have never seen display gear that plugged into that. Any ideas what that one is?
These cards worked great (off the VGA connector) in Mac OS 9, But OS X 10.3.9 would not deal with them except in 256-color mode.
I don't know what that square port is for, but a Google search for the part number brought up this if it helps.
http://jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=100 01&catalogId=10001&productId=364111&searchValue=109-54100-00
http://jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=100 01&catalogId=10001&productId=364111&searchValue=109-54100-00
Thanks, Dave! That is interesting.
In following that trail, I turned up this automaton at ATI Web site.
http://apps.ati.com/102lookup/index.asp
If your part number starts with 102 (as "built-by-ATI" cards do) it will tell you the model number. Mine looks up into:
RAGE LT PRO 8MB PCI VGA DFP TVOUT NTSC MAC
this card seems to be a XCLAIM 3D Plus, the plus being support for the first Flat Panel displays:
Xclaim 3D PLUS supports both Apple and VGA monitors, as well as the new high-quality Digital Flat Panel displays.
In following that trail, I turned up this automaton at ATI Web site.
http://apps.ati.com/102lookup/index.asp
If your part number starts with 102 (as "built-by-ATI" cards do) it will tell you the model number. Mine looks up into:
RAGE LT PRO 8MB PCI VGA DFP TVOUT NTSC MAC
this card seems to be a XCLAIM 3D Plus, the plus being support for the first Flat Panel displays:
Xclaim 3D PLUS supports both Apple and VGA monitors, as well as the new high-quality Digital Flat Panel displays.
A Google search for ATI Rage dfp turned this up.
http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-ATIXPERTLCD
http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-ATIXPERTLCD
Need help with s-video out.