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NEWS • AUGUST 8, 2000
Margi Connects PowerBooks to Digital Displays
4 MB video card fits in PC Card slot

by David Nagel
Executive Producer
dnagel@digitalmedianet.com

Margi Systems today announced the Display-to-Go Card for PowerBooks. The Type II CardBus PC Card fits into the PC Card slot of G3 PowerBooks to provide connectivity for Apple's DVI-based Cinema displays—both the 15" and the 22" models. It comes with adapters for DVI or VGA displays. The secondary output device can be a digital or analog LCD display, projector, CRT or plasma or head wearable display.

The 4 MB Display-to-Go supports resolutions up to 1,600 x 1,200 at refresh rates up to 85 Hz. At lower resolutions it supports 24-bit color; at high resolutions it supports 16-bit color. Display-to-Go comes with onscreen set-up adjustments and can operate any PowerBook G3 running Mac OS 9.0. Features include:

• Independent resolution of the second display;
• Two models, one with a DVI connector, the other with a VGA adapter;
• Special resolutions built in for letterbox format displays;
• 64-bit graphics engine;
• Operating Voltage: 3.3 VDC;
• Power Consumption: 1.0W

The 4 MB card, due out Aug. 21, will sell for $299. The company is currently accepting orders online. For more information, visit http://www.margi.com/apple.html.

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