Subject: Re: monitor connector
To: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz>
From: Robert Boehne <rboehne@attbi.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/19/2003 12:23:52
Pavel Cahyna wrote:
> 
> [ Please Cc: me, I'm not subscribed to this list ]
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've noticed that the Sun GX framebuffer has the same connector as SGI
> machines (3 large holes + lot of smaller ones). If I plug a Sun monitor
> to an Indy or a SGI monitor to a Sparcstation, will it "just work" or
> are problems to be expected?
> 
> Thanks  Pavel

No, the connectors look the same but the cables are wired differently.
If you want to use a PC monitor with a sun or sgi you need to
have a different cable for either.