Re: I2 with Solid Impact -- "main screen no turn on"

From: S.C.Sprong (s.c.sprong_at_student.utwente.nl)
Date: 08/30/04

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    Date: 29 Aug 2004 23:10:50 GMT

    UNIX admin <tripivceta@hotmail.com> wrote:
    [ resurrecting Indigo2 ]

    >I got a Solid Impact gfx board in the machine, and I bought a 13W3
    >(supposedly for SGI) to HD15 converter. However, when I hooked up a PC
    >bucket monitor (Compaq MV740), I get no signal.

    The most often quoted solution is to destroy the sync pins in the
    (expensive!) convertor. My favourite solution is to use a monitor
    that can handle 5-poled BNC input (R, G, B, Hsync, Vsync), use a 5
    poled BNC video cable and leave both sync inputs unconnected and
    set the monitor to accept sync on-green. The IIyama Vision Master
    Pro series work well with both SGI and Sun hardware.

    >Q3: if there is no other recourse but for me to get a serial cable,
    >does anybody know what the SGI P/N for a mini DIN <---> DB9 is,
    >and where I could obtain it (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)?

    The Sun DB 25/DIN 8 for their ancient lunchbox workstations series work
    well; they're rather ubiquitous and cheap (<= EUR 5 apiece).

    scs

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