I dunno, I just asked the tech, a friend, to make this that and the other happen, and he did. He had to by some sort of plug adaptor for the new Mac. (The screen is a Samsung.)
Next project, this time attempted by myself: load Ubuntu on my daughter's 2008 Macbook with failing screen, to use perhaps as a music depository free from F*%^$$!! iTunes. On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Peter Adler <divisi....@gmail.com> wrote: > It's possible on any Mac with a multi-protocol Thunderbolt port (2011 and > later); you can daisy-chain one Thunderbolt monitor to a second monitor, as > long as the first is an Apple-branded monitor with Thunderbolt ports. You > can also use a third-party dock with appropriate > Thunderbolt/mini-DisplayPort video adapters, connecting the computer to the > dock with Thunderbolt and the dock to monitor with a mini-DisplayPort > adapter plugged into the Thunderbolt pass-through port. Most modern > Thunderbolt docks also include an HDMI port for a second monitor, although > the resolution on the HDMI port is often limited to 1920x1280/1400. > Displays attached to the Thunderbolt/Thunderbolt 2 port with an adapter can > display at resolutions up to 3840x2160 or 5120x2880, depending on the > graphics processor. > > There are also USB-to-video dongles; I think there are USB 2 versions > around, although newer ones are USB 3. I've never tried any, but I'm > shooping around for one; my current "desktop" machine is a castoff 2011 > MacBook Pro with a non-functional display, and I too am used to a > two-monitor expanded desktop. > > Peter "dual monitors on Macs, since 1998" Adler > Berkeley, CA/USA > > On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 7:55:19 AM UTC-8, Anton Tutter wrote: >> >> The dock has two monitor ports... I'm not sure this is possible on a Mac? >> Possibly with third-party hardware? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
