OT Sun hardware question

[Kris Bodenheimer]

Yep, I have a keyboard/mouse ps/2 to sun keyboard/mouse interface box, I 
can get the number for it at home.  Ebay has them every few months or 
so.  It doesn't do video.  Also, some of the older sun monitors can be 
"converted" to vga by switching what horizontal sync color is on 
attached (requires soldering or fancy converter)  other more modern sun 
monitors are 13w3 but will sync on vga sync or sun.  And remember sgi 
uses a completely different sync.

Kurt wrote:

> 
> --- Brian Kelsay <bkelsay at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>>>Rob
>>
>>I believe if it has a 15-pin connector like the VGA
>>connector on your PC 
>>it will take a standard SVGA monitor or a multisync
>>monitor.  If it has 
>>a connector that is wide and possibly 25-pin, close
>>to a parallel port 
>>connector then you have to have a SUN monitor or a
>>scan convertor box. 
>>The scan convertor boxes take SVGA on one side and
>>have  a short cable 
>>coming out the other and I think they take a power
>>cable if I remember 
>>right.  I have had to hook up some of these at
>>Sprint and another job 
>>and it varies from machine to machine.  I don't
>>think you will blow out 
>>a standard monitor by trying it if the plug is the
>>15-pin type.  Someone 
>>correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>>Brian
> 
> 
> The older sun connector is a 13w3. There are
> inexspensive adaptor cables that change the gender to
> vga. I have not seen one of those boxes you are
> talking about. Unless it also converts the sun
> keyboard and mouse connectors to ps/2. I have seen one
> of those at Chris Bodenheimer's house. Though I cant
> remember if it also converted the video to vga.
> 
> Kurt
> 
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