In comp.sys.sgi.hardware Kokkiklhs wrote:
> Being confused A LOT during my web search, I still did not find a
> precise answer to this: Can I use the Sun/Sony GDM 5410, 5010PT and
> 20E20 with an Indigo 2 (Solid Impact gfx) without the need of any
> minor or major modifications?
> Just bought a Sun Ultra 10 Creator3D and an SGI Indigo2 R10k Solid
> Impact from ebay auctions and I need a monitor which will work fine
> with both machines 13W3 outputs directly, without any VGA adaptors
> etc., just with the plug-in monitor cable with fixed 13W3 male
> connector!
> Do the monitors mentioned above do automatically SGI-compatible Sync
> ON Green via the 13W3 cable, or I will need special VGA adapter for
> the Indigo to work with it? And if what I ask for is not possible with
> these monitors, which other would DEFINATELY do the job? You see, no
> money and no room for two separate monitors... Just need to swap the
> cable from machine to machine before powering up!
> Thanks in advance!!

SUN and SGI use different pin assignment although RGB are the same
connectors. So you should remove all pins except red-green-blue and it
should work otherwise you probably kill your monitor or gfx card

Toni
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