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How do I make an old iMac G5 a monitor?
Spoom182
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It's pretty simple, I have an iMac G5 that, once I fix my computer later today, I won't use any more. I remember reading that you can make it a stand-alone monitor for a windows computer, but I can't for the life of me remember how to do it or where I heard this. I'm under the impression that you need to put some program on it that makes it function only as a monitor (and I may just be misremembering all this, so please tell me if I'm wrong), so a link to that would be greatly appreciated, and the equipment I need to get it to plug into my DVI video card, since the mac uses some weird mac-exclusive video connection. Thanks
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http://www.screenrecycler.com/home.html
or http://www.maxivista.com/ might be closer to what you're looking for. They don't exactly fit the usage scenario you're looking for, though.
If you want to use the Mac to display data, maybe static text, then VNC will work fine. It'll let the Mac connect to the PC and mirror a screen. I don't know how he setup would go, but if you were to convince the PC that it had 2 screens, then VNC connect to the one you don't actually have, that would do what you want.
However, VNC is no good for video or information that needs to update quickly. For that, you'd want to do a hardware hack on the iMac, probably something with the internal video cable. It's a largely undocumented ribbon connection that feeds a regular DVI signal. I don't think that's worth your time... since you'll more than likely get nowhere and ruin the iMac.