Sun Monitor on PC - worth a try?

[Martin Schulten]

hi all,

i know, a lot of people have asked this before..........
but:

has anyone tried to connect a GDM-1962B or a GDM-20D10
to PCs with standard S3 videoboards? i know, there are
certain adapters for that, but i have heard that if you
are unlucky, you will not be able to see dos mode or
anything at all.....

thanks-a-lot for any idea!

grtx, martin.

msch...@gmx.de

[d. nguyen]

martin, i'm not sure about the 1962B (it's fixed-frequency, as far as i
know, which means you have to get a special video card...don't hold me to
this!), but the GDM-20D10 won't work with your PC unless you do some
modifications to the adaptor (never done it myself, but i hear it is
possible...and not difficult/expensive). the prob is that it doesn't support
seperate sync. if your card will do composite sync (like macs do), you'll be
all set. check www.si87.com for compatibility charts/more info. good luck.

duc

fyi, here's what i picked up in the NGs awhile ago:

#For those less technically oriented, we sell an adapter (SG1 - $40) which
#converts a separate sync signal to a composite sync signal.
#
#Joe McCarthy <mcca...@si87.com>
#
#
#Federico Grau wrote:
#
#> Join the H and V signals comming from your video card using a 0.1
#> microFarad capacitor. everything else should be straight through.
#>
#> there is more information here... though for I think your monitor. Now
#> I am looking for the timing points to put into my XF86config ?!
#>
#> http://www.iaehv.nl/users/leibbran/sunmon/sunmon.htm
#>
#> federico grau
#>
#> > Hi all.
#> >
#> > I have some Sun color monitors model GDM-20D10K ,
#> > and I want to use this monitor for PC.
#> >
#> > Please tell me how to do for it and what to be needed.

[Andrew Cassie]

Martin,

I run two GDM-20D10s on a win98 box with two el-cheapo S3 video cards. I'm
from Australia but had to go to a place in New Jersey, USA to get a few 13W3
to VGA adaptors that do sync combining as well (critical). They are at
www.ultraspec.com and you want to look for Part Number #1396. You won't see
the DOS prompts and scripting (DOS in window is OK) but an old BW 10 or 12
monitor is good for that when needed.

It runs at 630x480(@120Hz min) up to 1600 X 1200 @ 85 Hz. I have recently
switched to el-cheapo Creative exxtrenme cards to get above 1280 X 1024, not
that this is really required.

Have fun. Regards,

Andrew Cassie
cas...@ozemail.com.au
or
andrew.cas...@army.defence.gov.au

Martin Schulten wrote in message <78kjql$q5p$1...@nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE>...

>hi all,
>
>i know, a lot of people have asked this before..........
>but:
>

>has anyone tried to connect a GDM-1962B or a GDM-20D10
>to PCs with standard S3 videoboards? i know, there are
>certain adapters for that, but i have heard that if you
>are unlucky, you will not be able to see dos mode or

Martin, shouldn't this read ":lucky" ;-)

[Eddie Clery]

You should have tried www.issys.com.au there are in your home land and they
specialise in these
type of things.

Regards

Eddie in the UK - just round the corner.

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