The Apple Display Connector (ADC) is a proprietary connector Apple used for their flat panel LCDs and their last CRT display. First implemented in the Power Mac G4 Cube in July 2000, the display connector carries the video signals (analog (VGA) and digital (DVI)), USB, and power from the computer to the monitor all in one cable. This enables the user to be capable of turning on the monitor and computer with only the power button on the monitor. It also reduces that amount of cables on a user's desk as the USB keyboard and mouse can be connected to the display. Apple Computer, Inc. ... LCD redirects here. ... The cathode ray tube or CRT, invented by Karl Ferdinand Braun, is the display device used in most computer displays, video monitors, televisions and oscilloscopes. ... Power Macintosh, or Power Mac, is the name of a line of Apple Macintosh personal computers based on various models of PowerPC microprocessors. ... A display device is a device for visual presentation of images (including text) acquired, stored, or transmitted in various forms. ... Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a computer display standard first marketed in 1987 by IBM. VGA belongs to a family of earlier IBM video standards and largely remains backward compatible with them. ... For other meanings of DVI, please see DVI (disambiguation). ... Type A USB connector USB 2. ... A cable is two or more wires bound together which may be bare or covered or insulated. ...

The Apple Display Connector was phased out in June 2004 when Apple introduced the aluminum-clad 20", 23", and 30" Cinema Displays, which used DVI connectors.

See also

• Apple Displays

Apple Computer currently sells only TFT computer displays; a wide variety of CRT computer displays have been sold in the past. ...

External links

• Apple ADC to DVI adapter (http://www.apple.com/displays/adapter.html)
• The Electrical Interface for the ADC (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G4/PowerMacG4_16Jan01/3Input-Output/Apple_Display_Connector.html)