21 Jan
2004
21 Jan
'04
6:21 p.m.
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Doc Shipley wrote:
On Jan 21, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Dan Wright wrote:
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
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. Or, if your tube has BNC connectors, you can dig
out your old
13W3/BNC cable, and attach only the RGB leads.
Doc