The HDI-45 was one of Apple Computer's

Apple Computer

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...

 proprietary cable-to-onboard video connectors. These connectors were used only in the first generation Power Macintosh

Power Macintosh

Power Macintosh, later Power Mac, was a line of Apple Macintosh workstation-class personal computers based on various models of PowerPC microprocessors that were developed, marketed, and supported by Apple Inc. from March 1994 until August 2006. The first models were the Power Macintosh 6100,...

 computers (the Power Macintosh 6100

Power Macintosh 6100

The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple Computer's first computer to use the new PowerPC RISC type processor created by IBM and Motorola. It came in the Centris 610's "pizza box" low-profile case, and superseded the Quadra series that used Motorola's 68040 processor, Apple's previous high end...

, 7100

Power Macintosh 7100

The Power Macintosh 7100 was a mid-range Apple Macintosh personal computer that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from March 1994 to January 1996. The PowerMac 7100 was faster and more expandable than the Power Macintosh 6100, and was a part of the original Power Macintosh line...

 and 8100

Power Macintosh 8100

The Power Macintosh 8100 is a personal computer that is a part of Apple Computer's Power Macintosh series of Macintosh computers...

) specifically for the Apple AudioVision 14 Display

Apple AudioVision 14 Display

The Apple AudioVision 14 Display is a 14-inch Trinitron display that was manufactured by Apple Inc. This display is unique because it is the only display ever to use the HDI-45 connector, capable of transferring video to the screen, video capture input from an S-Video source, audio output, audio...

. No other display uses this connector. Other various Apple displays

Apple displays

Apple Inc. currently sells LCD computer displays; a wide variety of CRT computer displays have been sold in the past.- CRT displays :In the very beginning , Apple did not manufacture or sell displays of any kind, instead recommending users plug-into their television sets or expensive third party...

 and third-party displays could be used with a special adapter that converts this unusual port to a standard DA-15

D-subminiature

The D-subminiature or D-sub is a common type of electrical connector. They are named for their characteristic D-shaped metal shield. When they were introduced, D-subs were among the smaller connectors used on computer systems....

connector.

External links

• "PowerMac 6100 Graphics Hardware"