[ale] linuxsparc monitor question

[Armsby John-G16665]

I have a GDM20D10 monitor.  Can't I just plug a 13w13 adapter to VGA to  a pc plug?

John


-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Bauer-Lee [mailto:sblee at tazmania.org]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 6:48 PM
To: Armsby John-G16665
Subject: Re: [ale] linuxsparc monitor question


If it's a fixed frequency monitor that you have, and you need a PCI video
card for the PC to talk to it, I may be willing to sell the Photon card
that I have. OTOH, if you have a newer Sun monitor with the HD15 interface,
the adapter be sure to get the cable-type adapter from Sun (it'll be most
likely be the right gender). They also make a connector-type (similar to the
9-25 pin adapters for serial ports) that connects a 13w3 monitor to an HD15
interface card on the Ultra class PCI systems. 

On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 03:57:02PM -0500, Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> You are correct.  I need to buy an adapter. http://ume.med.ucalgary.ca/usenet/Solaris/0435.html
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sue Bauer-Lee [mailto:sblee at tazmania.org]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:26 PM
> To: Stephen F Nicholas
> Cc: Armsby John-G16665
> Subject: Re: [ale] linuxsparc monitor question
> 
> 
> The monitor interface for an Ultra5 is different from that of the SBUS
> architecture of the Sparc 10. The Ultra5 and Ultra10 uses a PCI architexture
> therefore allowing for a 15-pin SVGA video interface. Assuming that John 
> correctly stated that he has a Sparc 10, the SBUS architecture hosts a
> different video interface, typically using a 13w3 connector and a fixed
> frequency monitor instead of a multisync.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:17:10PM -0500, Stephen F Nicholas wrote:
> > That's funny....
> > We ran an experiment on my Linux 5.2 box with a Matrox Mill card.  Plugged
> > the 21" Sun monitor from my Ultra5 and guess what??  It worked.
> > 
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> > On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks for the posts,
> > > 
> > > John
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sue Bauer-Lee [mailto:sblee at tazmania.org]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 10:00 AM
> > > To: Armsby John-G16665
> > > Subject: Re: [ale] linuxsparc monitor question
> > > 
> > > 
> > > There are vendors that make PC video cards to support the Sun monitors. 
> > > In the past they've been a bit more expensive than a standard video card but
> > > they do exist. I have one but I don't think it has more than 2-4 megs of
> > > memory. I think the make is Photon, but can check this evening. I used
> > > one of my PC for a quite some time using this card. BTW - if I remember
> > > correctly, the card came with the BNC cables for MAC and PC and we were able
> > > to find a converter to 13W3 (which is more likely the connector type on your
> > > monitor).
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 09:35:26AM -0500, Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> > > > I have a sparc10 running linux.  Attached to the box is a 20/21 inch sun monitor.  Anyway to connect the sun monitor to an intel machine?  Is there an adapter plug??
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > John 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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