machines without monitors

[Kaufmann]

Mark,

> A friend of mine
> suggested a terminator of some kind that plugs into the video port to
> allow the VNC Server video drivers to detect a monitor. However, he
> could not remember the name of the thing nor where to get one.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a proper name for the video port device? I assume
> that, once I know what to ask for, purchasing one is fairly
> straightforward.

I don't know how straightforward, but Jay is right: it's a VGA adapter,
used because a Mac wants to know the capabilities of the attached
monitor.  So 4 pins of the monitor interface are devoted to "monitor
sense code" lines.  (Search til.apple.com if you want the details.)  If
you don't have a Mac monitor, you have to dummy in something on those
lines to make your machine boot up, so a Mac/VGA adapter will either
fake a fixed sense code (usually for Apple 21" monitor) or a will be
switchable, to represent your monitor more accurately.  If you can just
get a 15-pin D-sub connector, you can solder your own.

- John Kaufmann
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