Advice on using SVGA monitor on SGI?

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Jan 21 18:21:22 2004

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Doc Shipley wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Dan Wright wrote:
>
> > Ultra Spec cables makes good adapters (I have several), but they're not
> > cheap...
> >
> > http://www.ultraspec.com/
>
> Bah. Get on ePay and buy one of the $10 "SGI/Sun" 13W3/HD15
> adapters, and pull pin 10 on the 13W3 side. That's the rightmost small
> pin in the top row if you're looking at it like this: (O O \\\\\ O)
>
> In case Mail.app is actually sending in fixed-width today:
>
> __ __ __
> / \ / \ o o o o x / \
> | | | | | |
> \ __ / \ __ / o o o o o \ __ /
>
>
> The Sun Composite-Sync signal and the SGI Composite-Sync signal
> aren't on the same pin, and most CS-capable monitors do it the Sun way.
> Pulling pin 10 disables CS from the SGI adapter and forces everything
> to SOG.
>
> I can verify this on Indy, Octane, Indigo2 Extreme and Impact, and
> IIRC, Indigo R3k models.

Do you know if and how the Apple 13W3-15 cable (Apple 590-0615-A)
differs from the "SGI/Sub" version? They look the same
externally, but Apple is rather (in)famous for altering pinouts.

                                                - don

> Or, if your tube has BNC connectors, you can dig out your old
> 13W3/BNC cable, and attach only the RGB leads.
>
>
> Doc
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 21 2004 - 18:21:22 GMT

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