Hi Julian, On 1/13/2012 3:17 AM, Julian Coleman wrote:
Does someone make an adapter that will mate to the video cards in the Sun boxes, directly (e.g., Creator Elite/3D) that will then present a "VGA" (HD15E) connector compatible with a "regular" video cable?Yes. Look for a Sun 130-3034 (13W3-M/HD15-F) adapter, which will plug in to the 13W3 connector on the frame buffer and can be used with a VGA cable. Note, that not all VGA cables have pin 9 connected, which is required for powering the monitor EEPROM. Without this, the FFB driver might not be able
Ah! Thanks for that tidbit!
to retrieve EDID information from the monitor. (Some 13W3/HD15 adapters don't connect this pin either, but the 130-3034 adapters that I have do.
Are yours "genuine" Sun 130-3034? E.g., a quick search turns up lots of things that *claim* to be 130-3034 but, I suspect, are knock-offs (and perhaps not as true to the original as your comments would suggest). E.g., <http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sun-Adaptor-PC-Monitor-HD15F-13W3M-X3872A-130-3034-/300548685144> vs. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:13W3-M_TO_VGA_HD15-F_ADAPTER_SUN_130-3034-01_X3872A.jpg> vs. <http://www.sunshack.org/data/sunpix/1303034.jpg> vs. <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sun-Adaptor-PC-Monitor-HD15F-13W3M-X3872A-130-3034-/110327335217> etc. FYI, this is (?) the "VGA" version that I currently have: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/530-2917-01-13W3-VGA-ADAPTER-SUN-MONITORS-/230510475438?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35ab7eb8ae> The DVI version looks similar but a different connector... Thanks! --don