[SunRescue] Odd Sbus card...

[Ed.Mitchell at centigram.com]

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OK, that's the one...with the D-type connector.  Now, stupid question #2 --
what kind of monitor will this drive(I've seen people mention Sun 3 TTL
displays) but ....well...kripes, where do I find one!(or dare I go see if
there is an adapter to go from SVGA to 9-pin D?)





From: "Bj
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=F7rn Ramqvist" <brt at osk.sema.se> on 30/08/99 13:52 GMT

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Subject:  Re: [SunRescue] Odd Sbus card...


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Ed.Mitchell at centigram.com wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me identify the following?
>
> (sorry, the description is thin, but there are zero markings on this
> card)...
>
> Sbus card, single width from an SS1 -- it has a single 9-pin connector on
> the back(same basica shape as an SVGA connector, but with only 9 pin
holes
> aka it's a female connector)...the biggest chip on the board itself is
from
> LSIL(LSI Logic, I'll presume) and has some markings on it and the word
> "Video".  Deduction leads me to think this is some type of video card,
but
> does anyone know what type and what exactly I can plug into it?  I've got
a
> couple of them that I received with some older SS1's and an SS1 Sunar
> clone.(cute box! hehe).

It sure sounds like the old-style "bwtwo" framebuffers that uses the
sun3-style
TTL (not analoge) interface to the monitors. Good if you prefer to have
some
sort of graphics on a SPARC-based server, and got some monochrome
monitors
leftover. Atleast I would have used it for that since I have some
TTL-monitors
unused.
Should be covered in the framebuffer FAQ.

     /Regards, Bjorn

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