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Date:      Sat, 17 Jul 1999 07:05:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sun/Sony monitor modelines
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990717070119.7267A-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990717113122.B269@marder-1>

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On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 01:56:15PM -0700, Dan Busarow wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Dan Busarow wrote:
> > > Does anyone happen to have XFree86 modelines that work with
> > > a Sony GDM-1962-B ??
> > 
> > For anyone else who may lay their hands on one of these monitors
> > here's a working modeline as well as horizontal and vertical
> > 
> > HorizSync   71.91,72.24,73.29
> > 
> > VertRefresh 70-85
> > 
> > Modeline "1152x864"   100.0 1152 1156 1196 1392   864  865  868  892 -hsync -vsync
> > 
> > If you want a 1024 and 1268 entries the sync and refresh are
> > 
> > 1024 72.24KHz horizontal 85Hz vertical
> > 1280 73.29KHz horizontal 70Hz vertical
> > 
> > This is with a Mirage Z-128 Pro, works great.
> > 
> 
> This is interesting. We have lots of Sun monitors lying around at
> work (most of our customers are downgrading to NT).
> 
> I'm not familiar with the Mirage card. Is it a special for driving
> Sun monitors on PCs? or will any (modern) graphics card work (yes,
> I know you need a special cable as Sun use 3W13, or is it 13W3,
> connectors).

It's a special card that lets you drive a fixed frequency monitor.
Price isn't bad either when you consider the cost of a used Sun
monitor vs. a new 19-21" monitor.  I paid $145 for the card and 
$15 for the VGA to 13W3 cable.

http://www.mirage-mmc.com/

Dan
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