9 Jan
2018
9 Jan
'18
11:44 p.m.
SGIs did sync on green. Sun uses a dedicated signal. SGI trinitron-based
(Sony OEM) monitors should handle both. If you boot your SS10 to the point
where you think it is dead and then unplug/replug the keyboard it should
bring you back to the ?ok? prompt. Shows the system is still running OK
without output.
On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 at 07:40, Alan Perry via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Jonathan may be on to something here. I only deal with
Sun stuff and am
mostly unfamiliar with SGI stuff. However, I use LCD displays with
13W3-to-VGA adapters on my Suns and, relevant to this discussion, I know
that the adapters used with Suns are different from the ones with SGIs,
though I don't know the details.
alan
On 1/9/18 4:01 PM, systems_glitch via cctech wrote:
-Jon
+44 7792 149029
Bill,
Are you sure the SGI monitor will work with the Sun graphics adapter?
Just
because the plug fits doesn't mean the
monitors are compatible, when it
comes to 13W3. It may be just transferring control to the video console
and
*appear* to be locking up, and you're not
getting anything out of the
display as a result.
Do you get diagnostic LED patterns on the keyboard LEDs?
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 4:18 PM, william degnan via cctech <
cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Working from this page to configure my sparcstation 10 after NVRAM
> replacement:
> http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html
>
> ...but curious is there an installation manual or whatever specific to
the
> video card in my system, a TurboXGX with
STP3010GPA chip
>
http://vintagecomputer.net/sun/SparcStation-10/Sun_STP3010PGA_TURBOXGX.jpg
>
> I have Solaris 4 installed. I am guessing around trying different
things.
> With help I have the OS installed but so far
I can't get the system to
> recognize the video card and Sun keyboard. With these installed it
freezes
> the system...so, I am using a serial terminal
to interact with the
system.
> The video display I have is an SGI GDM-20D11
>
> Eventually I'll poke through to the solution, this is my first Sun box,
up
> to this point they were "too new"
but I'd like to learn how to perform a
> system install.
>
> If I find the answers I am looking for I'll post here.
>
> Bill
>
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