jsp@milton.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Prothero) (09/28/90)
Does anyone know how/if you produce 1024 x 768 video on a Personal Iris? I understand the PI is available with a Sony monitor which runs at this resolution, but am unable to find anyone who has such a beast, any manual reference to putting the PI into such a video mode, any header file defining such a mode, or any hint that a special video board is required/available. (The problem is that the film recorder we bought for our Iris 3020 (remember them?) maxes out at 1024x768. We're now using PIs everywhere, and would like to use the film recorder with them. We can't afford a new 1280x1024 film recorder, and it looks like our 3020 is headed for the junkheap. So a hardware and/or software hack to temporarily (or even permanently) set a PI to produce 1024 x 768 video would be very welcome just now...) Thanks in advance, -- Jeff
msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow) (09/29/90)
In article <JSP.90Sep27120328@milton.biostr.washington.edu>, jsp@milton.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Prothero) writes: |> Does anyone know how/if you produce 1024 x 768 video on a Personal |> Iris? I understand the PI is available with a Sony monitor which runs |> at this resolution, but am unable to find anyone who has such a beast, |> any manual reference to putting the PI into such a video mode, any |> header file defining such a mode, or any hint that a special video |> board is required/available. The PI with the 14 inch monitor has different video hardware. I don't know what is involved in changing from one to another. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc "There is much virtue in a window. It is to a human being as a frame is to a painting, as a proscenium to a play. It strongly defines its content."
bennett@sgi.com (Jim Bennett) (10/02/90)
In article <1990Sep28.203415.5363@odin.corp.sgi.com> msc@sgi.com writes: >In article <JSP.90Sep27120328@milton.biostr.washington.edu>, >jsp@milton.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Prothero) writes: >|> Does anyone know how/if you produce 1024 x 768 video on a Personal >|> Iris? I understand the PI is available with a Sony monitor which runs >|> at this resolution, but am unable to find anyone who has such a beast, >|> any manual reference to putting the PI into such a video mode, any >|> header file defining such a mode, or any hint that a special video >|> board is required/available. > >The PI with the 14 inch monitor has different video hardware. I don't know >what is involved in changing from one to another. > >-- >From the TARDIS of Mark Callow >msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc >"There is much virtue in a window. It is to a human being as a frame is to >a painting, as a proscenium to a play. It strongly defines its content." Newer versions of the Personal Iris (those shipped since the middle of 1989) have a nine pin connector in addition to the standard RGB BNC jacks. This nine pin connector is for the 14 inch monitor option, which is 1024 x 768. So if you have a machine with one of these connectors, you are in luck. Jim Bennett (bennett@esd.sgi.com)
drb@eecg.toronto.edu (David R. Blythe) (10/14/90)
In article <1990Oct1.232820.11112@odin.corp.sgi.com> bennett@sgi.com (Jim Bennett) writes: >In article <1990Sep28.203415.5363@odin.corp.sgi.com> msc@sgi.com writes: >>In article <JSP.90Sep27120328@milton.biostr.washington.edu>, >>jsp@milton.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Prothero) writes: >>|> Does anyone know how/if you produce 1024 x 768 video on a Personal >>|> Iris? I understand the PI is available with a Sony monitor which runs >>|> at this resolution, but am unable to find anyone who has such a beast, > >Newer versions of the Personal Iris (those shipped since the middle of >1989) have a nine pin connector in addition to the standard RGB BNC jacks. >This nine pin connector is for the 14 inch monitor option, which is >1024 x 768. So if you have a machine with one of these connectors, you >are in luck. > >Jim Bennett (bennett@esd.sgi.com) Alternatively, you could switch to 30Hz high-res mode which your film recorder should be able to handle (of course you won't be able to see an image on the 60Hz monitor at the same time). -drb