[rescue] Sun monitor cable

[Dan Williams]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." <rescue at hawkmountain.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun monitor cable


> To the best of my knowledge no Sun framebuffers support Sync on Green.
>
> Some 3rd party ones may have, but all the info I have access to seems to
> indicate that there is no sync on green signal.
>
> Wether or not any 3rd parties ever built an adapter or cable for Sun's
> to use a sync on green monitor, I do not know.
>
> If the old DEC monitor is a Sony, Sun and other vendors probably used the
> same basic monitor.... you may be able to modify the monitor and add two
> connectors on the back for the sync signals.  Although, for all that
effort
> you can probably find a Sun monitor local to you cheap, like the common
> 1962B Sony monitor.
>
> -- Curt

Oh well looks like it's give up then, the only thing I was wondering was why
sun produced the cable if the machines don't support sync-on-green. I tried
to find a description of the part no i was given (018-8105-001) but couldn't
find anything

Dan