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This article requires a little bit more explaining. Thizz 20:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NeXT precursor?[edit]

The original NeXT Computer had a single cable connecting the monitor to the machine, just like ADC. Coincidence? --TMC1221 (talk) 04:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Standard DVI connector, previously?[edit]

The article says: "The Apple Display Connector, debuted in the Apple Studio Display, is physically incompatible with a standard DVI connector, as was previously used in the PowerBook G4 and the older Power Mac G4."

The "Apple Studio Display" article says that ADC replaced DVI on Apple displays in July 2000.
The PowerBook G4 article says it was introduced in January 2001, which would put it after the ADC transition.
Looking on everymac.com, all the pre-ADC Power Mac G4 models (1999) were VGA only. In 2000, the Power Mac G4 switched from VGA straight to VGA+ADC.

Which Mac model, exactly, prior to the introduction of ADC, used a DVI connector? I can't find any. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.212.114.244 (talk) 22:28, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it. The first Apple laptop with a DVI port was the second-generation titanium PowerBook G4, which was launched in 2002, a couple of years after ADC. My hunch is that a monitor interface that relied on power from the host computer was a bad idea in a battery-powered laptop. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:01, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Having said that the original 1999 Apple Cinema Display had a DVI connector, and the first generation of Power Macintosh G4s did have a DVI port - it's buried away in Everymac's specification sheet, but models with a Rage 128 video card had VGA and DVI. That appears to be the only instance where Apple switched from DVI to ADC. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:14, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ADC connector hacks[edit]

https://lifehacker.com/make-an-old-apple-studio-display-monitor-work-with-stan-5683846 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2149:889C:2C00:BD7C:2963:EC0B:2630 (talk) 10:31, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]