Some of the sgi and sun monitors were sync on green only.  (like the
GDM20D11).  You'll need a sync on green adapter for those.  Some only
supported fixed resolutions as well. (again the GDM20D11 can not do DOS
resolution of ~640x400, which means you won't be able to see bios/boot
process in the x86 world)

Jason Gunnoe

-----Original Message-----
From: port-sgimips-owner@netbsd.org
[mailto:port-sgimips-owner@netbsd.org]On Behalf Of Hendrik Scholz
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:42 PM
To: port-sgimips@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: monitor connector


Hi!

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:26:35 +0100
Pavel Cahyna <pcah8322@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> wrote:

> Thanks, I've heard that the 13w3 connector has the ability of telling
> the graphic adapter what the capabilities of the monitor are. Is this
> compatible between sparc and SGI, please?

As all the monitors are from the same manufacturer (Sony) they
are compatible.
The latest Sun monitors come with a PC style DB15 and a 13w3 connector
so I guess Sun/SGI/Sony uses the same mechanism for monitor type
detection as all the PeeCee equipment does (DDC).

Hendrik

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