[rescue] Was about to buy a Sun 13W3 to 4 BNC cable

[Andrew Weiss]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Big Endian wrote:

> >Will this work on an SGI Crimson?.  I would assume you connect RGB and
> >leave the other one dangle.  I was, however, reading that this format was
> >proprietary so I was wondering if the display is wired the same way on
> >SGI's as Suns.
>
> Its not but in this configuration it shouldn't matter.  The Suns use
> a special pin on the 13w3 connector as a composite sync.  SGIs use
> Sync on Green.  So all you need to worry about is the 13w3 on one end
> and the three (r,g,b) BNCs on the other.
>
> daniel

So you're saying that pretty much any 13W3 --> 4 BNC should work...? I
just
ordered one...  (and just found an SGI cable specifically [on another
site], so I can cancel the order if need be)

Andrew

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