Finds at Computer Parts Barn

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Thu Sep 28 02:13:53 2000

>gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
>> > Anybody in SoCal that wants one, I can usually find them for about $50.
>> > I brought home a VERY NICE Sony GDM 1601 last week that does 1280x1024
>> > beautifully, but still left more of them behind even at great prices, as
>> > I find few people that want them.
>>
>> Would something like that work on a HP Envizex X terminal. It has a d-sub
>> 15 pin plug, but needs a sync-on-green monitor. I haven't managed to find
>> what resolution is needed, so I haven't hunted around yet.
>
>I don't have a manual with me, but my limited experience with
>Sun hardware tells me that probably not; the Sony monitor likely
>wants 67Hz, the Envizex probably outputs 1280x1024_at_72Hz. But I could
>be wrong.

Cabana Systems (a monitor reseller) lists it as The GDM 1601 Is Driven At:
1280 x 1024 _at_ 66 Hz (SUN Spec), 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz (Mac Spec). I haven't
played that much with the one I bought, but on the Solbourne it looked real
nice. The trick on the mac is if I have a compatible cable (darned monitor
sense codes are hard to fake without hardware). So far the easiest route is
to buy a PC to BNC cable and use a mac/svga adapter, but through the nose
must I pay for those cables and often adapters, and I have boxes of mac
video cables.
Received on Thu Sep 28 2000 - 02:13:53 BST