Re: Re (2): OT: SPARC 13W3 video (cable) adapters

[Scrap Happy <Scrap%GMX.com@localhost>]

Hi Peter,

On 1/13/2012 8:18 AM, peasthope%shaw.ca@localhost wrote:
> From:   Julian Coleman<jdc%coris.org.uk@localhost>
> Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:17:38 +0000
> > 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.
>
> A few years ago I bought such a cable from a vendor in California.
> No Sun markings and nothing marked on the connectors.  The cable is
> marked "E119932 RU AWM 2919 80\degC 30V VW-1 Low Voltage Computer Cable".
> Wikipedia describes the connectors as DB13W3 (male) and DE-15F.

Hmmm... OK, I'll use the discrete *pins* on the connector as a
mnemonic for the actual gender (the coaxial pins leave me wondering
what they want themselves called!)

>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature
>
> Here it connects a ViewSonic G653 to a Sparcstation 2 with CG6 video.
> The vendor of the adapter told me that some monitors can not synchronize
> with CG6.  In any case, the G653 works.

I've verified that my monitors can work with the "adapter cable"
(cable-ette?) that sits on the end of a traditional Sun video cable.
So, if I can find something electrically identical that I can insert
*at* the video card (instead of at the end of a cable), I should be
OK.

I am also hoping that the connector (adapter) plus "VGA" cable
will have less overall length than the Sun video cable plus ferrite
(i.e., so I can push the machines a bit closer to the wall without
mangling the cables)

> Bought the adapter through eBay as I recall; $US17.85 including postage.
> If I can find the name of the vendor, will post it.

--don