[rescue] Sync on Green

[Mike Nicewonger]

OK a 3 for 1 answer here:

Answer # 1 for William:

William: I have a dec VRC-16 color monitor for my Vaxstation which I understand
is a  sync on green. I also understand that the SGI Indy I recently got my mits
on  needs a sync on green monitor. Hence with a 13w3 to 3(?) bnc I might be
able to  get it to work with the SGI. Anyone here done this or know of a reason
why it  won't work? 

The DEC monitor is SOG and may work with the Indy. It is also a multiscan,
multi-frequency tube. What may be the killer is that the Indy may put out a
higher res and frequency than the DEC can handle. By the data I was able to
find the DEC supports 1280 x 1024 and H Freq/ V Freq:  30-78 Khz / 50-90 Hz

Answer # 2 for Joshua:

Joshua: Oh really!?!  I have a 712/80. People(I think Mike N was one of them)
that they have gotten these machines to work with Gateway Vivitron 1572
monitors  (generally my second or third favorite 15" monitors, after Sonys and
SGI.  All three use Sony screens AFAIK), but I haven't been able to get it to
work with mine.  Is this monitor a SOG monitor, or did people tell me wrong?  

Most of the HP workstations of a more recent vintage are capable of being set
to a wide choice of settings. I have indeed had a Gateway 1572 (Sony) connected
with good results to the 712. You can even run a VGA tube on the 712/715(even
series) B, C, J etc. 

What tube can you not get to work with what machine? You do not make that clear.

Answer #3 for Kenneth:

> Hmm, I have a 712/60 and I remeber being able to get it to work with a
> generic (viewsonic or envision) 17 inch monitor. In fact in the firmware
> menu you can switch reolution all the way down to 640x480 if I am not
> mistaken. Cant remember though, its been a while since I have fired it up.

this is correct. See above comments.
> 
> On that note has any tried the linux port for the hp boxes. I tried
> booting the debian/puffin linux iso with an old sun cdrom drive attached
> to the 712/60 however it didnt seem to like it. Then I found out that
> trying to boot linux on these things with anything other than serial is
> pretty much useless. Oh well hopefully the OpenBSD port will be ready
> soon.
>
Did not seem to like it how? The old Sun CD-ROM's that take a caddy for
whatever reason will not boot an HP even though they are the right thing for a
Sun.

Mike N