At 09:46 AM 11/15/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:52:46AM -0500, Cini, Richard wrote:
>> The workstation display card has a 13W3 connector on it. I
>> understand that if you use an external display adapter, you can reclaim
some
>> system RAM by disabling the built-in video. Is this true? If so, How can I
>
>Hmmm, maybe, if they used some system RAM as VRAM. I'm not sure how
>to do that.
Yes, the IIci uses system RAM for the built-in video. I don't think it can
be disabled, but you can set it to 1-bit color depth and the lowest
resolution monitor using the monitors control panel, which minimizes the
amount of RAM it would allocate for built-in video.
>
>> connect the 13W3 to the Hi-Rez monitor which has a DB15 connector? I looked
>> in some catalogs, but there doesn't seem to be an adapter made for this.
>
>Sure, those adapters exist; but I doubt a 12" monitor can do 1280x1024
>(guessing that's what mode the card will be capable of, because 13W3 is
>for Sun monitors and that's their usual resolution). I had to get
>an adapter like that to use a PC monitor with a Sun. Fry's has them
>but you can get much better deals on ebay. Just search for 13W3
>and then read the description to see which direction it goes (because
>most people want to hook a Sun monitor to a PC rather than the other
>way around).
My IIci has that type of adapter, but mine is connected to the Apple
Portrait monitor (approx 600x800 pel), which I think is the only Apple
brand monitor with a 13w3. I'm not too sure what "13w3" is, but my monitor
has one gold male pin, 5 diagonal pairs female, and 2 gold male pins = 13
connections total. If my video adapter is the same as your "Workstation
Display card", then it is nothing special. My adapter is limited to 4-bit
color depth on the Portrait monitor. There are 8 empty IC sockets on the
card so I can get a maximum of 8-bit color depth (256 colors/greys) if I
had the RAM chips. I doubt this adapter has high enough frequencies to
support higher resolutions than the Portrait monitor.
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