13W3 to HDMI/DisplayPort

[Rico Pajarola]

I've had good success using various Extron adapters.

I'm currently using a RGB112xi to convert <anything analog> => VGA.

So far the adapter works as advertised with anything I managed to connect
it to (various HP/DEC/Sun/SGI/RS6000, including mono and SoG) to a cheap
Dell monitor that definitely doesn't understand sync on green. The adapter
fully regenerates all signals including separate H/V sync.

>From there I would assume any cheap VGA => HDMI adapter should work (but I
never had the urge, because HDMI monitors also tend to be wide format which
doesn't work very well for classic computing)

I also have other Extron converters, but the RGB112xi is best for 1990s
workstations. The only thing I wish it had was a way to choose the color
when the input signal is monochrome.



On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 9:53 AM Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

>
> When I first started trying to use VGA LCD panels with my Suns (mostly
> lunchbox systems, all 4c and 4m desktops), I heard there could be a
> problem like that and stuck with a particular model Samsung that worked.
> Then I tried another one and it worked. And another. And another. I
> haven't encountered one (out of half a dozen) that didn't work.
>
> alanp
>
> On 5/24/20 9:29 AM, alan--- via cctalk wrote:
> >
> > I've had the opposite experience.  I've been trying to find a 1U
> > pull-out keyboard/monitor/mouse combo for my E6500 rack.  Most of the
> > VGA LCD panels complain about signal out of range on both cg3 and cg6.
> > The E6500 really doesn't need a video console, but it'd be nice if one
> > was tucked in there.  Of course the weirdo Sun mounting rails in the
> > cabinet are yet another challenge.
> >
> > -A
> >
> > On 2020-05-24 11:16, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
> >
> >> Every flat panel display with a SVGA connector that I have had has
> >> worked with my 13W3-to-SVGA adapters. I have seen adapters that do the
> >> SVGA to HDMI part. I am asking if someone else here has figured out
> >> which one(s) work in this application.
>