7 Nov
2003
7 Nov
'03
9:47 p.m.
On Nov 7, 16:42, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
Maybe it a
Sun Adapter != IBM Adapter != SGI Adapter
That's weird because my Sun adapter definitely works on my Indy. question of what
sync types your monitor supports.
Suns use different pins for sync than SGIs (and Suns usually use
composite sync, while SGI use separate H and V), and SGIs also use some
pins for monitor type sensing. However, quite a lot of Suns and most
SGIs also provide sync-on-green, so if the monitor supports that, and
the other signals don't cause confusion, it should work.
Contrary to popular belief, most SGIs from the Indigo onwards do not
require a SOG monitor.
Sorry, I don't know what the pinouts are for HPs or IBMs (apart from
R,G, and B). If anyone cares to tell me, I'll add the info to my crib
sheet:
13W3-SGI
================
pin A1 - Red/R-Gnd
pin A2 - Green/G-Gnd
pin A3 - Blue/B-Gnd
pin 1 - monitor type 3 (ground this on old machines, leave open on
Indy etc)
pin 2 - monitor type 0 (LSB)
pin 3 - Composite Sync
pin 4 - H Drive
pin 5 - V Drive
pin 6 - monitor type 1
pin 7 - monitor type 2 (MSB)
pin 8 - digital gnd
pin 9 - digital gnd
pin 10 - digital gnd or Sync 2
13W3-SUN
================
pin A1 - Red/R-Gnd
pin A2 - Green/G-Gnd
pin A3 - Blue/B-Gnd
pin 1 - n/c
pin 2 - n/c
pin 3 - sense 2
pin 4 - sense ret
pin 5 - Composite Sync
pin 6 - n/c
pin 7 - n/c
pin 8 - sense 1
pin 9 - sense 0
pin 10 - C-Sync ret
For Indy, Indigo2:
MonID monitor guessed
111 no monitor (defaults to lowest res, lowest refresh)
110 Single Scan 1024x768 60Hz 15"
101 Dual Scan 1280x1024 & 1024x768 60Hz 16"
100 Idem 19"
011 MultiScan 1280x1024 & 1024x768 21"
010 1280x1024, 76Hz, 16" (82 kHz line freq.)
001 DM-20 MultiScan 1280x1024 76Hz 19" or Single Scan Sony
1280x1024 72Hz
000 1280x1024 60Hz only
for older hi-End:
MonID
111 No monitor
110 Single Scan 1024x768 60Hz 15"
010 MultiScan 16"
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