SGI Indy 13w3 question

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Fri Nov 7 18:33:47 2003

On Nov 7, 19:09, vance_at_neurotica.com wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 owen_at_bardstown.com wrote:
>
> > I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to start up fine, as
shown
> > by the rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I
have a
> > 13w3 --> VGA adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light
on
> > the Indy goes green but my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried
the
> > adapter on my IBM POWERstation and saw the NEC monitor turn amber.
Any
> > thoughts?
>
> Sun Adapter != IBM Adapter != SGI Adapter
>
> If you have a Sun Adapter, it will not work on your SGI, and it will
not
> work on your RS/6000.

Indeed, though it may be worth mentioning that the Indy also provides
sync-on-green, and if you have a monitor which also supports
sync-on-green, you might get it to work that way.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Fri Nov 07 2003 - 18:33:47 GMT

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