[rescue] I got a new Octane! Why can't I talk to it?

[der Mouse]

> This is really annoying, because I'm pretty sure when I bought these
> adapters on ebay, they said that it would work in Suns, SGIs, and
> other manufacturers' machines.

It probably *will* work...under certain conditions (such as, the
monitor does sync-on-green).

The troublesome 13W3-to-DE15 adapter I reported upthread does work fine
on Suns...some Suns.  And, probably, all Suns with some monitors.

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