------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:39:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Jacob Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SE/30 questions (monitor and screws)
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But IF you have a PC on your systems desk - with its requisite monitor - then I'd think that the addition of a KVM switch (keyboard-video-mouse: basically a device that lets you share a single keyboard, mouse andamongst up-to-several computers) and a Mac-to-VGA adapter (for connecting the SE30 internal video card output to the input of the KVM, and thence onward to the PC monitor), would rather make the whole arrangement quite within the realm of the decidely and practically useful, and without the least diminution of the "all-in-one" concept.
Well, okay. I'm not sure what type of card you're talking about. The card I offered on eBay is a Radius Full Page Display card for SE30. What kind of adapter would connect that to a VGA display? I thought these cards were designed for Radius monitors and Radius alone...no? I'm pretty sure the output is a DB9 connector.
Yes, a lot of early video cards for the SE and SE/30 were for full page and two page displays that used proprietary video formats and interfaces. Most use DE-9 connectors (you don't want to know what a DB-9 really is). So even if you figure out the pinout you still have to deal with the getting the sync rates and screen resolutions to match up with a monitor you have. While many multi-sync monitors can lock to a wide range of signals there is still the resolution issue. Most of those older cards were for full page displays which typically had a resolution of 640 x 870. While some multi-sync monitors might be able to handle this the display is likely to be distorted.
A newer card designed for multi-sync monitors would be a lot simpler.
Of course some of those old FPD cards and displays used a composite video signal (again with custom format) via a BNC connector.
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