On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 12:13:19AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 03:46:15PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:42:42AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > > > I am looking at the new Apple displays (the 23" 1920x1200 display). > > > > > > What would I need to make this work on a Intel Pentium III box with an > > > ASUS P2B-DS MB? > > > > > > Am I crazy to try this? I would clearly need a new graphics card to > > > match the display. > > > > > > Would this be supported by the Debian distribution? XFree86 drivers? > > > > > > Randy > > > > AFAIK it is possible to get adaptors that enable you to connect a Mac > > monitor to a VGA card. > > > > I suspect your main problem will be that the monitor won't understand > > the signal it's getting until your system has booted far enough to > > load something that changes the resolution from DOS-style 80x25 to > > something that your monitor can cope with. This will probably mean > > enabling framebuffer support, and having an ordinary monitor to swap > > in if you have the need to diagnose booting problems at some future > > date. > > > > As far as X is concerned you just need to set the appropriate values > > for your monitor in XF86Config, and away you go. > > > > That's your other main problem, of course: extracting from Apple the > > horizontal and vertical sync range that the monitor will accept. > > [ more fuel for the fire ] > > Don't Mac monitors require sync on green? Some graphics cards support > that on a din-15 VGA port, other don't. > > If it's only Sun that's sync on green, sorry :-)
Some do, some don't, I think. I have built a VGA-to-Mac adaptor and did indeed need to insert sync on green. On the other hand I have a pinout list which includes a D15 Mac monitor connector with separate sync. If you buy an adaptor it SHOULD (yeah, that word) insert sync on green. I half-remember the RGB levels being different as well, but I've lost the circuit diagram now. Again, it is the job of a boughten adaptor to sort that out. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
