<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>hope this is illustrative</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NajRofDgbJU">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NajRofDgbJU</a><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div>m.c. schraefel phd cscs ceng </span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">follow @mcphoo</span></div><div>prof of computer science and human performance</div><div>Detailed contact and related info at </div><div><a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mc">www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mc</a></div><div><br></div><div>WellthLab - we deliver the science engineering and design to help <span style="font-size: 13pt;">#MakeBetterNormal</span></div><div><br><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On 26 Feb 2016, at 09:51, Andrew Paul Landells <<a href="mailto:andy@soton.ac.uk">andy@soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>It also looks like direct adapters exist, is there a reason not to use one of those?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Something like this:</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.dx.com/p/usb-3-1-type-c-to-mini-displayport-video-converter-cable-silvery-white-white-16-5cm-416571?tc=GBP&gclid=CNyTp-yTlcsCFSkYwwodDqkHTw#.VtAgFhgWmwY">http://www.dx.com/p/usb-3-1-type-c-to-mini-displayport-video-converter-cable-silvery-white-white-16-5cm-416571?tc=GBP&gclid=CNyTp-yTlcsCFSkYwwodDqkHTw#.VtAgFhgWmwY</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards,</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 26 Feb 2016, at 09:39, Jules Field <<a href="mailto:Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk">Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><<a href="mailto:Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk">mailto:Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><span>Vladimiro,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I *think* it can be done.</span><br><span></span><br><span>You can get from USB-C to HDMI very easily (Apple will sell you a big expensive adapter to do this, there are cheaper non-Apple ones).</span><br><span>That gives you female HDMI.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>From there, you connect a HDMI-HDMI (male to male, standard) cable.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>You then need to plug the far end of that into a HDMI female to mini-DisplayPort male adapter, which does exist:</span><br><span><a href="http://www.mycablemart.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=5416">http://www.mycablemart.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=5416</a></span><br><span>(Hopefully Shaun can track down one in the UK for you). It's *vital* that adapter takes the HDMI as the source, not the mini-DisplayPort.</span><br><span></span><br><span>You then connect that to a mini-DisplayPort female to female coupler, which also does exist:</span><br><span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Display-Port-Female-Coupler/dp/B003KQ6BMC">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Display-Port-Female-Coupler/dp/B003KQ6BMC</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>to which you plug in the cable from your Apple Cinema Display.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Being an engineer, I'm *not* going to guarantee that will work, as it's an Apple display which might decide it's not going to put up with anything other than a Mac's mini-DisplayPort/Thunderbolt socket on the end of its cable (Remember many Apple cables have embedded DRM).</span><br><span></span><br><span>But it's definitely worth a shot!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cheers,</span><br><span>Jules.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 26/02/2016 09:13, Vladimiro Sassone wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hi everbody,</span><br><span></span><br><span> Any advice on connecting one of the new MacBooks with only the USB-C port to a cinema display (with a mini display port, not thunderbolt).</span><br><span></span><br><span>thanks,</span><br><span>\vs</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Jules</span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Jules Field MEng MBCS CITP CEng</span><br><span>email+iMessage: <a href="mailto:Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk">Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><<a href="mailto:Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk">mailto:Jules@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>></span><br><span>Twitter: @JulesFM</span><br><span></span><br><span>Senior Tutor, Electronics and Computer Science</span><br><span>Teaching Systems Manager, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering</span><br><span>University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK</span><br><span></span><br><span>'That is the land of lost content,</span><br><span> I see it shining plain,</span><br><span> The happy highways where I went,</span><br><span> And cannot come again.' - A.E. Houseman</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Andrew Paul Landells</span><br><span>Team Lead, iSolutions Technical Innovation & Developments Team: Web & Databases.</span><br><span>Telephone: 023 8059 6879 (x26879); Mobile: Please ring desk phone, which will divert.</span><br><span>For meetings, I will usually be on the Highfield Campus on Mondays; and at 1GS on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>