alan@km4ba.UUCP (Alan Barrow) (03/18/90)
I am looking to do a graphic upgrade from straight VGA (Zenith flatscreen, and Paradise VGA+) to run X windows under interactive unix, and possible PC X-site. From what I can tell, the Sony 1304 looks pretty good for 1024x768 non interlaced, but I have not found many people using that mode. In addition, there are several cards that claim that mode, but I have not seen any reviews that discuss relative "useability" of the cards in the higher res modes. I would be interested in any recomendations or information regarding monitors & cards, particularly from people doing X windows. Thanks in advance! Alan Barrow km4ba 404/425-0820 ..!gatech!kd4nc!km4ba!alan
bill@inebriae.UUCP (Bill Kennedy) (03/20/90)
I mailed but the reply bounced. In article <132@km4ba.UUCP> alan@km4ba.UUCP (Alan Barrow) writes: [ ... ] > >From what I can tell, the Sony 1304 looks pretty good for 1024x768 non >interlaced, but I have not found many people using that mode. I've got one and I like it. Buy a PS/2 cable for the 9 pin (monitor) to 15 pin (VGA) conversion, ~$20 unless you shop carefully. >I would be interested in any recomendations or information regarding >monitors & cards, particularly from people doing X windows. My Orchid ProDesigner PLUS and Sony 1304 do 1024x768 just fine with the 1.1 release of ISC X11. -- Bill Kennedy {texbell,att,cs.utexas.edu,sun!daver}!ssbn!bill bill@ssbn.WLK.COM or attmail!ssbn!bill
mixstate@stb.uucp (Harris Boldt Edelman) (03/21/90)
In article <632@inebriae.UUCP> bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) writes: [referring to a Sony 1304 monitor] >I've got one and I like it. Buy a PS/2 cable for the 9 pin (monitor) to >15 pin (VGA) conversion, ~$20 unless you shop carefully. If "shop carefully" means you get the vendor to throw in the cable gratis, beware that you may well get an aftermarket cable that lacks RF filtering chokes. This is a Bad Idea. The unintended RF emissions that will result are not to be dismissed lightly. You may not care, and that's fine so long as you don't protest when I then call you a sociopath. :-) Unfortunately, the cable Sony makes, which per a small drawing on the 1304 brochure seems to incorporate chokes at each of its ends, would appear to be virtually unobtainable if my experience in Los Angeles last November were any indication. I wish you luck, or at least the ability capably to "roll your own" adequately-filtered cable. My just-completed concerted search failed to turn up my copy of the brochure, so I can't relate the cable's Sony model number in this posting; I assure you, this irks me more than it irks you. -Harris