Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Sun screens on PCs?
Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 09:51:36AM +0200, Jonas Majauskas wrote:
> >
> > You can always try to use framebuffer console. In this way you can
> > use your own video modes. But your video card must be supported...
> Ok, update
> I found out the monitor is a GDM-1962-B. It works in fixed
> sync. I found lots of webpages on the subject. It also uses
> something called ``composite sync'', meaning, different from PC
> monitors, it doesn't receive separate H and V sync signals. So
> I need a video card that supports both fixed sync and composite
> sync. I've been told that ATI Graphics Expression, Xpert@Play
> and RageII, and Matrox Millenium all can do that.
I have a GDM-1950, not a Sun monitor. It is a 5-BNC model (seperate
H/V sync). I'm driving it with a Matrox Mystique-220 (which does
have sync-on-green, but I don't know if it has composite sync).
I use matroxfb for console (with the exact timings given through lilo,
so I can diagnose boot-time problems) and the SVGA X server for X.
FYI: Sun's video timings are:
ModeLine "1152x900x66" 94.5 1152 1192 1320 1528 900 902 906 937 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1152x900x76" 108.0 1152 1184 1312 1504 900 902 906 937 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024x67" 117.0 1280 1296 1408 1632 1024 1026 1034 1067 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024x76" 135.0 1280 1312 1376 1664 1024 1026 1034 1066 -hsync -vsync
(These were converted from a CG6 manual.) The first line applies to
the GDM-1950, and probably the GDM-1962 also. The 20" monitors should
handle at least one of the 1280x1024 modes.
If you plan on using windows, I'd recommend a matrox card. The
windows driver allows you to tweak video modes in a via text
configuration file (mga.mon). I was actually able to play Riven and
MMVII on my fixed-sync monitor.
(I have some 1962's lying around, but I never got around to making a
cable for them.)
Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu
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