Hi all.
 
> On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Armen Babikyan wrote:
> 
> > hello
> > I was picking up some old nubus equipment from a consultor who no longer
> > need the equipment, so I thought I'd find out what the parts were.
> > The consultor gave me what he thought was a thicknet ethernet card, which
> > is apparently junk (old) - nothing more than I expected.  It's free
> > equipment, anyway.
> > Well, that card turned out to be a video card, and this is how netbsd
> > looked at it during startup:
> > --cut here--
> > macvid0 at nubus0: Sigma Designs L-View
> > macvid0: 832 x 600, monochrome
> > --cut here--
> > Well, apparently the NetBSD system seems to recognize it, and that can't
> > really be a bad thing. One of the two problems I currently see is that the
> > nubus card has a 9-pin video connector - two rows in trapezoidal shape, one
> > with 5 pins and one with 4. I never have seen such a video connector (not
> > surprising - I don't have any experience with this). I called up some local
> > computer stores and they never heard of them either. What kind of connector
> > is this?
> > I have a monitor in my basement, which has the same 9-pin video connector,
> > but it looks like a tty terminal (24x80 maybe) monitor. Seeing the
> > resolution mentioned in the video card's entry during boot, I figured I'd
> > break either the monitor or the card if I attempted to hook them up. Then
> > again, the monitor might not be a 24x80 monitor at all. I don't know. Think
> > I should attempt to hook them up?
> > Also, I saw the 832 x 600 video resolution. Isn't that a bit wierd? I
> > thought it should have been either 832 x 624, or 800 x 600. A combination?
> > What kind of monitor would accept that resolution?
> > I don't know if this is because I do not have a monitor attached to the
> > card or not, but another screen isn't showing up in the MacOS Monitor
> > control panel. Is it supposed to?
> > thanks a lot for any help,
> >   - a
> 
> The machine I run NetBSD on (a IIsi) has a similer 2nd video card that was
> used in is's former incarnation for a 1024 by 768 (?) 2-page b/w moniter.
> 
> NetBSD recognises it, as does MacOS (my cursor disapeares off to the
> right). The card works. The moniter used to work. Anyway, the manual says
> it's some sort of TTL interface. It's made by a 'Mirror Technologies'. I
> think it's a local (St. Paul, MN) company and I think it, too, no longer
> exists. If I look, I could find a pinout.

Quick follow-up to my post: I can't find a pinout. Also, the company made
a portrait moniter that uses a TTL interface. The card+moniter I have (the
two-page one) uses an ECL interface with the same connecter (DB9).

Peter Corbett
corbett@mtn.org