From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 22 1:35:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E7EA37B4D7 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 01:35:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #42699) with ESMTP id <01JWU6393N8A000WUO@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:35:17 +0100 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:35:15 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:35:11 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: fixed-frequency monitor and X-Win To: 'Thierry Herbelot' Cc: 'FreeBSD Hardware mailing list' Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A37@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > My main fear is that this monitor may be fixed-frequency (and > I've only > used multisync ones), and may only display 152x900 pixels @ a > specific refresh frequency. > > There may be also a problem with the conversion of PC-VGA > signals to the signals expected on the 13W3 video connectors. > > If someone has already played with such beasts > I've played with them (well, the black 'n white versions) with some success. For the B/W monitors you have to build a little color/sync mixer. Printboard designs are on the Internet, though I forgot sites. Good places to start looking are the NetBSD site and the XFree86 site and Yahoo! of course. :-) Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message