Article View: demon.tech.mac
Article #595RGB Monitor - help needed
From: Nick Williams
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:00
23 lines
1810 bytes
1810 bytes
I've recently been give a Philips 19in RGB monitor which originally came with a dedicated card for a PC system running AutoCAD. I'd like to get this working on my PowerMac 7100, but I have an apparent incompatibility between the video output of the Mac and the input to the monitor. The basic problem is that the monitor has only three BNC inputs (R, G and B) and does not have a separate sync input. From what information I have been able to glean in a web search, the monitor uses a combined sync on the green input (I hope that makes sense - the relevant message was in German which I don't speak!). I've also been given a Supermac Nubus video card and cable, which has the standard Mac DB15 connector on the card and a lead from the DB15 to four BNC connectors. However without the sync. input, the 'picture' on the screen is a meaningless jumble. Is the solution to this problem simply the creation of the correct adapter cable (in which case, what is the configuration - I'm handy with a soldering iron and I object to paying over the odds for cables I can make myself) or do I actually need to invest in some more hardware and if so, what am I looing for and where is the best place to get it? Help would (obviously) be appreciated.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<B20C3E4C966826F669@192.168.1.5>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,91cfd12d47a43919,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public From: nick@conformance.co.uk (Nick Williams) Subject: RGB Monitor - help needed Date: 1998/08/28 Message-ID: <B20C3E4C966826F669@192.168.1.5> X-Deja-AN: 385584257 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: confmnce.demon.co.uk:158.152.56.215 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 904298428 nnrp-07:7443 NO-IDENT confmnce.demon.co.uk:158.152.56.215 Organization: Conformance Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net