Re: Sun Video Monitors & VGA adapter cards

Joel Jaeggli (joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu)
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:51:50 -0800 (PST)


On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Alan Watson wrote:

> Hi there
>
> Firstly, apologies for addressing this question to
> Linux Kernel...
>
> Has anyone out there ever tried to connect a Sun
> Monitor to a VGA adapter? Is it possible? Is there
> an adapter plug, or maybe a standard pin re-wiring
> that is easy to do?

just order the appropiate cable... (www.ultraspec.com is a good place to
look)

getting your video card to sync at the fixed frequency that the sun
monitor likely supports (either 66 or 76 in the case of suns)is the more
involved part of the exercise.

> The VGA plugs seem to have 12 connected pins; the Suns
> have 13 (or is it 16 - the three "big" pins each have an
> inner and an outer contact).

a 13w3 connector

> Alan Watson
>
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