25 Jul
2000
25 Jul
'00
11:37 a.m.
On Jul 25, 17:08, Adrian Graham wrote:
Hi folks,
Assuming I eventually get this monitor working properly with the missing
blue signal whilst looking for bumf about it I found this document that
basically says I can turn it into a PC-compatible 1280x1024 70-75hz
monitor
for ~$10.
http://frauenweb.at/~tina/myhtml/howto.html
Anyone heard of this one? It seems so straightforward I'll do it.....
I've not seen that particular document before, but IIRC that monitor is
actually a Sony GDM1960 (or near equivalent), and those were made in
various OEM versions for HP, Sun, Dec and possibly SGI, differing mainly in
the fitting of the sync sockets. I've seen at least one other account of a
successful addition of two caps, two resistors, two sockets, and links to
make it work. There's a way to add just one socket for composite sync,
too.
The question that leaps mindwards is if it's a
fixed freq monitor what
happens to the PC at boot time - do I still see a v.small DOS boot screen
Nope :-( And it might not be a good idea to run it at the wrong sync rate
for too long.
or
do I get nowt until my GeForce has been fully initialised at 1280x1024?
Yup :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York