Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2407 mails)

[Ted.Harding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ((Ted Harding))]

Hi Folks,

In case there's anyone out there who's a wiz with a soldering
iron (or knows about a suitable adaptor which could be bought):

I have an HP X-term monitor Model A1097C.

This normally connects to an HP Xterm box, which has a mere 16MB RAM
which is insufficient for heavy X work (e.g. it can't take Netscape
at all , and even 'gv' is only partially handled); it's only really
suitable for light "xterm" work.

However, the quality of the display is superb, and I am wondering
if it is possible to use it as the monitor for a PC (running SuSE
Linux, he says quickly, to get this somewhat on-topic).

The signals are sent by a 3-core cable with three separate connectors
at the monitor end, one each for Red, Green and Blue. The monitor syncs
on "Green".

As far as I can see, there is no alternative connection possibility.

The other end of the cable fits the standard socket at the back
of a PC video card. However, the signal lines are not what is required,
and the "sync question" is the big one: you just get mush if you
simply plug it into a PC.

If anyone has fudged up a trick to get this to work properly as a
PC monitor, I'd be most obliged to learn the details.

With thanks,
Ted.

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Date: 05-Aug-00                                       Time: 14:47:34
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