2 Nov
2006
2 Nov
'06
1:36 p.m.
On 2 Nov 2006 at 13:19, Chris M wrote:
I just don't understand why it has a 9 pin
connector.
I'm sure NO VGA card ever did. And apple's were all 15
pin (like old ethernet).
This was very pre-VGA. However, the monitor could take either
analogue RGB or TTL RGBI levels. The fact that it worked with VGA
when it came out was pretty much happy coincidence. This was not
unusual on multisync monitors of that era.
What were you driving those with? They readily
worked
with Macs, indeed many were "Mac" monitors (RasterOps,
E-machines...) or rebadged Sony OEMs.
There was (maybe "is") an outfit that offered ISA and PCI cards with
modified firmware to handle the sync issues. You just took a 15-
pin to 5-BNC cable, set a jumper on the board and you were in
business. I just gave away a 20" Sony with a Mirage card recently.
I think it used a Tsenglabs ET6000 chipset. Earlier Mirage cards
used one of the S3 chipsets.
The cards would also work with RGB+HV separate sync monitors as well
as SOG. I've still got a 17" HP/Sony monitor stashed away.
Cheers,
Chuck