[rescue] SGI Video - PC Monitor

[Geoff Koehler]

AFAIK,  any reasonable quality SVGA monitor will work with a 13W3-HD15
converter as long as it will support "sync on green", rather than separate
or composite sync.

Cheers, Geoff

Geoff Koehler
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Home of the SART Observatory
http://207.195.94.13/sart/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Canaan" <flinters at picarefy.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:57 PM
Subject: [rescue] SGI Video - PC Monitor


> Okay, when all else fails, I come to this list since the folks here seem
to
> know something about everything.  So, here we go.
>
> I'm trying to get video on a SGI Indigo 2 working.  We've got a great
> connector and I'm sure it's putting out some sort of signal, but I need to
> figure out how to hook this up to a monitor.  I'd *like* to be able to
hook
> it to a SVGA monitor, but I've been told by a local 'expert' at RE-PC in
> Tukwila, WA , that it's impossible to hook an SGI up to anything other
than
> an SGI monitor.  Hmph.  Somehow I don't really believe that.  I'm sure I
> can hook it up to a Sony or some other monitor, perhaps even to a proper
> SVGA monitor.  Is this possible?  Do I just need a 13W3-HD15 converter?
If
> so, is there a particular one that it likes more than others?
>
> I'd love to be able to put the Indigo 2 on a KVM switch with the other
PC's
> to save desk space on monitors.
>
> Suggestions?  Am I doomed to find a used SGI monitor?
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