From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 7 22:38: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.monochrome.org (monochrome.org [206.64.112.124]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9B437B502 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:38:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (faro [192.168.1.7]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA93108; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 01:37:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 01:37:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill X-Sender: chris@localhost To: Joshua Delong Thomas Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sync on Green on an SGI monitor on an x86 VGA In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Joshua Delong Thomas wrote: > I've been looking for where to switch the sync signal to sync on green but > I can't find it. I have a matrox G-400. Changing the card's output format may or may not be possible, and is entirely dependent on the card. You'd have to check the manufacturer's docs. > If anybody knows of a good tutorial on changing to an sgi monitor > from a vga signal, I'd appreciate it. There are hardware solutions - i.e. an external box that goes between the CPU and the monitor - but they probably cost as much as, or more than, a new monitor. The box will be called a "computer video interface," or just an "interface." I have had success with products from the following companies: http://www.inlineinc.com/ http://www.extron.com/ http://www.altinex.com/ I don't work for any of these companies! -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org [1] Bus error netscape To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message