[H-GEN] Sun WS monitors

Frank Brand fbrand at uq.net.au
Wed Jun 2 02:39:42 EDT 1999


(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Frank Brand <fbrand at uq.net.au>)

Craig Armour wrote:

>
>
> yeah, Invariably, SUN monitors are fixed frequency and don't allow the
> multitude of resolutions that are available via a standard VGA adapter.
> the connector (the wide one) is a 13w3 connector.  You can get 13w3 sun
> -> 15pin vga cables but tend to be expensive, of the order of $70, and I
> am not sure about the other way (which is what you require) but all
> aside, as long as you can put up with the 1 (maybe two or three)
> resolutions that your monitor can support, have a vga card that can
> support the resolutions your monitor can, and can find a cable, they
> should work fine.
>
> Lart me here anytime if I'm wrong James? or Frank?
>
>

No I think what you say is reasonably accurate. Sometimes the sync rates can be a problem.

There is a guy at Kallangur that makes the cables quite reasonably. Bernard something but I
can't find his name.

Usually about $35


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