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Date:      Sat, 17 Jul 1999 20:57:21 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk>
To:        Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sun/Sony monitor modelines
Message-ID:  <19990717205720.A268@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990717070119.7267A-100000@java.dpcsys.com>; from Dan Busarow on Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 07:05:49AM -0700
References:  <19990717113122.B269@marder-1> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990717070119.7267A-100000@java.dpcsys.com>

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On Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 07:05:49AM -0700, Dan Busarow wrote:

> 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 85 Hz vertical
> > > 1280 73.29KHz horizontal 70 Hz 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/
>

Thanks Dan. Looks like a good card and the UK distributor is just down 
the road from me :-) Just need to see how much I can buy a GDM-1962B or
similar for from work.


> Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc.
> dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09
> DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
>
>

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Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK
CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry
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