Kyle Kinsey wrote:
>
> >Lots of really old pro monitors (For CAD/CAM applications) used RGB
> >connectors. They were 'coax'-looking jacks of the type also used by
> >so-called 'Thinnet', an Ethernet technology predating 10BT and RJ-45
> >connectors.
>
> they are called BNC connectors.
Kyle, YOU DA MAN!!! Yes!!! I couldn't remember what they were called!
You hit it on the head!
>
> >Usually, a monitor had three of these jacks, one for R, one B, and one G.
> >Different video cards used any number of connectors, (VGA, DB15, coax,
> >sometimes even DB25, I think.) along with the appropriate adaptor cable, to
> >split a video signal into those three channels.
I had to buy a weird little adapter with like 9 DIP switches on it to
get that monitor to work. In fact, I had to buy another one to get the
SuperMac 20" monitor I spoke of in another message to communicate with
my PPC Macs and their Rage video cards!
Allen
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* Take THAT, Pickle! You're not the ONLY Fountain of Knowledge! ;-)
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