From: pbergan@iastate.edu (Patrick J Bergan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.hardware Subject: Re: RFI:Indy 13w3 video connector, standard? Date: 20 Dec 95 21:01:08 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Message-ID: In rab writes: >Sun computers use 13W3 connectors. Would the pin-outs be the same as the Indy's >so that Sun graphics cables could be used? The pinouts appear to be different on the units, but the cable itself might be the same. From: Extron Electronics "Computer Accessory Adapter" booklet. 800-633-9876 13W3-SGI ================ pin A1 - Red/R-Gnd pin A2 - Green/G-Gnd pin A3 - Blue/B-Gnd pin 1 - monitor type 3 pin 2 - monitor type 0 pin 3 - Composite Sync pin 4 - H Drive pin 5 - V Drive pin 6 - monitor type 1 pin 7 - monitor type 2 pin 8 - digital gnd pin 9 - digital gnd pin 10 - sync 2 (hmmm, page 201 of the SGI Indy owner guide says pin 10 = gnd ?!?) 13W3-SUN ================ pin A1 - Red/R-Gnd pin A2 - Green/G-Gnd pin A3 - Blue/B-Gnd pin 1 - n/c pin 2 - n/c pin 3 - sense 2 pin 4 - sense ret pin 5 - Composite Sync pin 6 - n/c pin 7 - n/c pin 8 - sense 1 pin 9 - sense 0 pin 10 - C-Sync ret -- Patrick J. Bergan Iowa Center for Emerging Manufacturing Technology (I.C.E.M.T.) Iowa State University Office: 515-294-6604 Fax: 515-294-5530 2062 Black Engineering Bldg., Ames, IA 50011 EMAIL: pbergan@iastate.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.hardware From: al@lancelot.brussels.sgi.com (Alexis Cousein) Subject: Re: monitor cable pinout Message-ID: References: <3hqfep$40n@fermat.mayo.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 15:14:24 GMT Before you start tampering with pins, you might try doing setenv monitor H in the PROM monitor...see man PROM. This overrides the monitor-ID settings if none of the pins are connected. If this doesn't work, you can always do a /usr/gfx/setmon xxx and /usr/gfx/stopgfx and then usr/gfx/startgfx to switch modes. But if you really want this ;-): Pin-Layout of a 13W3 (female end): () denotes mini-coax () 1 2 3 4 5 () () 6 7 8 9 10 ID pins on a 13W3 connector are (MSBit first) pins 7, 6, 2. Hi-end machines want pin 1 Grounded, Indigo2 and Indy want it NC. Gnd means zero, NC means 1 For Indy, Indigo2: MonID monitor guessed 110 Single Scan 1024x768 60Hz 15" 101 Dual Scan 1280x1024&1024x768 60Hz 16" 100 Idem 19" 011 MultiScan 1280x1024&1024x768 21" 010 1280x1024, 76Hz, 16" (82 kHz line freq.) 001 DM-20 MultiScan 1280x1024 76Hz 19" or Single Scan Sony 1280x1024 72Hz 000 1280x1024 60Hz only 111 yields no monitor attached. Default to lowest res / lowest vertical refresh (if nvram variable ``monitor'' not set to ``H'') for hi-End MonID 111 No monitor 110 Single Scan 1024x768 60Hz 15" 010 MultiScan 16" 001 MultiScan 19" -- Alexis Cousein Systems Support Engineer Silicon Graphics Belgium in .be domain: al@sgi.be elsewhere: al@brussels.sgi.com From: mirage@mirage-mmc.com (Emil Darmo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.hardware Subject: Re: Use a PC monitor? Date: 29 Mar 1996 20:06:09 GMT Organization: MIRAGE (310) 301-4545 Message-ID: <4jhfrh$up@lainet2.lainet.com> References: <4ja51f$smf@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> <4jced9$7nd@hermes.ece.jhu.edu> Here is the pin-out for the Sun 13W3: +----------------- N/C | +------------- N/C | | +--------- sense 2 | | | +----- sense Ret. | | | | +- composite sync | | | | | | | | | | red | | | | | green blue | 1o 2o 3o 4o 5o | | (O) (O) (O) 6o 7o 8o 9o 10o | | | | | | | | | +--- Composite Sync Ret. | | | +------- sense 0 | | +----------- sense 1 | +--------------- N/C +------------------- N/C ant this is the pin-out for the SGI 13W3: +----------------- Monitor Type 3 | +------------- Monitor Type 0 | | +--------- Composite Sync | | | +----- H Drive | | | | +- V Drive | | | | | | | | | | red | | | | | green blue | 1o 2o 3o 4o 5o | | (O) (O) (O) 6o 7o 8o 9o 10o | | | | | | | | | +--- sync 2 | | | +------- Digital Ground | | +----------- Digital Ground | +--------------- Monitor Type 2 +------------------- Monitor Type 1 Cheers. ___ ___ ____________ / /\/ /\ Emil Darmo \ \ \ \ / /__/ /__/ \ Multi Media Computers (MIRAGE) \__\/\__\/ \ \ \ \ / The Fixed Scan Monitor Solutions / /\/ /\ \__\/\__\/ http://www.mirage-mmc.com/mirage/ /__/ /__/ \ / /\/ /\ E-Mail: mirage@mirage-mmc.com \ \ \ \ / /__/ /__/ \ Tel: (310) 301-4545 FAX: (310) 301-4546 \__\/\__\/ ================================================================== = No Sir! There are no wires hanging and no software is needed = = to boot your computer. IT IS A SOLID PRODUCT! = ==================================================================