Yeah, John, I know. With encouragement from various members here, I have done some things inside my G3, including replacing a hard drive, a zip drive(which I've come to believe was unnecessary) and adding memory. It does give one a sense of satisfaction, but it does not remove the fear factor -for me anyway. I might check your link. Thanks for providing it.
Paddy, eBay is another thing I don't do. I know, I'm a fuddy duddy. My first 17" monitor was a Mitsu Diamond Pro. It worked well for several years, then got "the shakes". This Dell was a no cost replacement. Never used, it was sitting in a box at work. There might be more, but since I am in the process of changing jobs, I'm not asking again. I got about 1 year out of it. I posted here about hooking it up because somthing I read mentioned drivers - not needed with a Mac, I learned.
A local electronics chain has a storewide sale starting on Thursday. If I haven't found a place to fix this thing, or gotten up the nerve to try to open it up, I'll get the best thing they have on the shelf. I want it to last for two years, at which time I'll replace everything - unless something else goes bad on me sooner.
