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I actually managed to make it work, and have been using it as a daily driver, but I had to obtain a functioning G4 to do the booting. I made a couple of discoveries regarding the monitor: While the monitor needs a specific startup signal, and lacks any off button, it will switch to a low...

Did some more research on Archived PDFs: The Service Manual for the Monitor reveals there was a VGA conversion board for the CRT. It also shows the monitor could be booted by a Video Signal Generator with a specific firmware. It also notes that, if not turned off by the same VSG, it could...

I don't have a soldering station to handle the extraction and re-soldering of those; part of my project was figuring out what's the "least tools" needed way to adapt this monitor, now that I can share the cable color code, someone could feasibly do this with only a soldering iron and a wire...

Yep, that's why I hope this can be solved; it's the last piece of the puzzle to free these monitors.

While AFAIK no distribution handles it, the settings are handled through DDC over USB, Linux can do it with ddc-util and similar tools. These things are actual standards that have existed for a long time, but never got consumer-facing adoption. Cinema Displays, and the G3 era Studio Displays...

Hello all. I bought an M7768 Studio display, after looking at many videos and articles about it, with the intent of adapting it to use with modern systems. Using the example of the existing ADC converter boards, but lacking access to an ADC female plug, I instead opted for opening the cable...