From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 17 19:02:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA10428 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:02:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA10241 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:59:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sprice@hiwaay.net) Received: from bonsai.hiwaay.net (tnt2-134.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.134]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with SMTP id UAA07657; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 20:50:29 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <34989056.31DFF4F5@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 20:54:14 -0600 From: Steve Price X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mikk0022@maroon.tc.umn.edu CC: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony GDM-1962B in text mode? References: <199712180229.UAA19295@x115-105.reshalls.umn.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org mikk0022@maroon.tc.umn.edu wrote: > > Is this a 19" trinitron monitor with 3 BNC connectors on the back, > and sync-on-green? If so, then I might be sitting in front of > an HP-packaged one right now. > No actually it is a Sun-packaged 19" monitor with a 13W3 connector, but it is sync-on-green. This is about the only info I have found out about it. http://www.nashville.net/~griffin/monitors/Sun08.html > Upshot is, ther is no way that I know of to get it working _with > a standard video card_ in text mode. There is a company that > sells special video cards which will drive fixed-frequence graphics > displays in VGA text mode, but I was under the impression that > they are expensive and not supported in XFree86, but that > may have changed. > I've seen these cards but they kind of defeat the purpose of buying an inexpensive monitor when you have to turn right around and buy an expensive video card. > Other than that, I'd be glad to send you my modeline -- if we > have the same monitor, that is.... > Please do. > BTW: If your monitor is what I think it is, what sort of hardware > are you using to connect a VGA card to it? If you mean the cable, it is a D15 male to 13W3 female. For further details you can look at http://www.ultraspec.com/vidindx.htm BTW, I meant to say this was a GDM-1962B monitor and not GDM-1692B as the subject used to say. :) Steve > -- > Chris Mikkelson mikk0022@maroon.tc.umn.edu > U of M Tuba and Student "Life is too short for windows..." > '94-present