So I am considering the purchase of a banged up macbook as a fixer-upper. It has a broken monitor and there currently is not an operating system installed. I need to test it to make sure that it can boot up before handing over any money for it. My plan was to use the Knoppix live boot cd and a mini-dvi to rca adapter that connects to a small portable television. I have a macbook of my own so I am using that to test if my approach will work. Upon boot up Knoppix starts up just fine and the dvi adapter is auto-detected so it is getting a signal. But my little television displays three rows, each containing scrambled copies of the proper screen, without color, that slide almost like a vhs tape that is tracking incorrectly. Occasionally a "No Signal" message appears and then a second later it flashes back to the sliding rows. I am assuming that there is some setting I must change in the "Monitior Settings" to get the proper appearance. But I have no idea what that setting might be. Any thoughts / suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Matt
Apple 661-0287 5.25" Unidisk Analog CD Card Vintage 1986 820-0190-A
$152.00
*KB* ANALOG DEVICES MODEL RTI-1220 VINTAGE COMPUTER (JKG13)
$63.75
Dual Systems AOM-12 Digital to Analog S-100 Computer
$95.00
*KB* ANALOG DEVICES MODEL RTI-1221 VINTAGE COMPUTER (JKG1)
$63.75
Brand New - Apple Macintosh SE & SE/30 - Universal Replacement Power Supply
$134.99
*KB* ANALOG DEVICES MODEL RTI-1220 VINTAGE COMPUTER (JKG14)
$63.75
*KB* ANALOG DEVICES MODEL RTI-1220 VINTAGE COMPUTER (JKG22)
$63.75
NEW Aquarius+ Computer Signature Edition - 8Bit Retro System
$209.00
Extron RGB-160XI Analog Computer Video 60-378-01
$187.06
Tandy TRS 80 Computer 2 w/Disc Drive FD-501, Joystick & Original Boxes & Manuals
$224.99