The "Hardware Developers Handbook" from sgi has pages of detailed information
on the pinouts of sgi's 13W3 "Monitor Output" - followed by several pages of
timing information. Many of the none coax pins are system dependent.
Here's sgi's official statement on their 13W3:
Coax signals:
A1 - Red
A2 - Green
A3 - Blue
Other signals:
1 - See Table
2 - Monitor type 0
3 - See Table
4 - See Table
5 - See Table
6 - Monitor type 1
7 - Monitor type 2
8 - Ground
9 - Ground
10 - Ground
This is followed by several pages of detail, but here's the drift:
Onyx
1 - Monitor type 3
3 - NC
4 - Stereo Sync
5 - Stereo power +10V
Onyx2
1 - SCL (Serial Clock)
2 - Serial Data
3 - NC
4 - Horizonal sync
5 - Vertical sync
6 - DDC (+5V)
7 - DDC Ground
Indigo, Indigo2, Indy
3 - Composite sync (dependent on video board)
4 - Horizonal sync (dependent on video board)
5 - Vertical sync (dependet on video board)
In total there are 32 pages on video interfaces alone in the manual!
That's why I've found its a lot easier to use sgi's own monitors with sgi
systems. I have used other monitors - IIyama, etc., but none of them are
inexpensive...
Lyle
On Saturday 08 November 2003 03:47, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Nov 7, 16:42, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
> > > Sun Adapter != IBM Adapter != SGI Adapter
> >
> > That's weird because my Sun adapter definitely works on my Indy.
>
> Maybe it a
>
> > question of what
> > sync types your monitor supports.
>
> Suns use different pins for sync than SGIs (and Suns usually use
> composite sync, while SGI use separate H and V), and SGIs also use some
> pins for monitor type sensing. However, quite a lot of Suns and most
> SGIs also provide sync-on-green, so if the monitor supports that, and
> the other signals don't cause confusion, it should work.
>
> Contrary to popular belief, most SGIs from the Indigo onwards do not
> require a SOG monitor.
>
> Sorry, I don't know what the pinouts are for HPs or IBMs (apart from
> R,G, and B). If anyone cares to tell me, I'll add the info to my crib
> sheet:
>
> 13W3-SGI
> ================
>
> pin A1 - Red/R-Gnd
> pin A2 - Green/G-Gnd
> pin A3 - Blue/B-Gnd
>
> pin 1 - monitor type 3 (ground this on old machines, leave open on
> Indy etc)
> pin 2 - monitor type 0 (LSB)
> pin 3 - Composite Sync
> pin 4 - H Drive
> pin 5 - V Drive
> pin 6 - monitor type 1
> pin 7 - monitor type 2 (MSB)
> pin 8 - digital gnd
> pin 9 - digital gnd
> pin 10 - digital gnd or Sync 2
>
> 13W3-SUN
> ================
>
> pin A1 - Red/R-Gnd
> pin A2 - Green/G-Gnd
> pin A3 - Blue/B-Gnd
>
> pin 1 - n/c
> pin 2 - n/c
> pin 3 - sense 2
> pin 4 - sense ret
> pin 5 - Composite Sync
> pin 6 - n/c
> pin 7 - n/c
> pin 8 - sense 1
> pin 9 - sense 0
> pin 10 - C-Sync ret
>
> For Indy, Indigo2:
>
> MonID monitor guessed
> 111 no monitor (defaults to lowest res, lowest refresh)
> 110 Single Scan 1024x768 60Hz 15"
> 101 Dual Scan 1280x1024 & 1024x768 60Hz 16"
> 100 Idem 19"
> 011 MultiScan 1280x1024 & 1024x768 21"
> 010 1280x1024, 76Hz, 16" (82 kHz line freq.)
> 001 DM-20 MultiScan 1280x1024 76Hz 19" or Single Scan Sony
> 1280x1024 72Hz
> 000 1280x1024 60Hz only
>
> for older hi-End:
>
> MonID
> 111 No monitor
> 110 Single Scan 1024x768 60Hz 15"
> 010 MultiScan 16"
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA 94040
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Received on Sat Nov 08 2003 - 10:37:43 GMT