13w3 to vga converter

[news_reader]

Hey guys,

I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in
used condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot
of money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

Thanks, Szabolcs

[Emmanuel Florac]

Post by news_reader
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter?

Yes.

Post by news_reader
Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in used
condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot of
money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

You can use standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse. For the screen connecting
RGB only will be enough (though you'll need a Sync-on-green capable
monitor).

[Gary Heston]

Post by news_reader
Hey guys,
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in
used condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot
of money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

You can get an adapter here:

http://www.reputable.com/legacy.html#MONITORS

The page indicates that it'll work on non-sync-on-green (SOG) monitors.

Also check with Ian at:

http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/sgi.html

Both are good to deal with.

You can check if it's working by connecting to power and pressing the
power switch. It should spin up the hard drive, sound a musical chord,
and the power indicator LED should start out yellow and change to green.

If you hear hard drive activity, that's a good sign--wait until that stops,
then briefly push the power switch again. The OS (IRIX) will detect that
and do a controlled shutdown.


Gary

[Joerg Behrens]

Post by news_reader
Hey guys,
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any idea
where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in used
condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot of
money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

Hook up a serical connection through a null modem cable to see if the
indy works or not. After setup the network you can connect trough the
network.

regards
Joerg

[Toni Grass]

Post by news_reader
Hey guys,
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in
used condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot
of money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

http://www.deepspacecables.com/

Toni

[Frank Rustenbach]

Post by Toni Grass

Post by news_reader
Hey guys,
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in
used condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot
of money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

http://www.deepspacecables.com/
Toni

No Sir! HD15 - 13W3 for SUN will most likely not work for SGI as they
use different Pins for HSYNC, VSYNC, CompSYNC.

Frank

[Toni Grass]

Post by Frank Rustenbach

Post by Toni Grass

Post by news_reader
Hey guys,
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in
used condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot
of money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

http://www.deepspacecables.com/
Toni

No Sir! HD15 - 13W3 for SUN will most likely not work for SGI as they
use different Pins for HSYNC, VSYNC, CompSYNC.

I know. Did you noticed that they sell adapters for SUN, IBM and SGI?

e.g. Indy: <http://www.deepspacecables.com/models/indy.html>

I use them for Indy, Octane and Indigo2

Toni

[Frank Rustenbach]

Post by Toni Grass

Post by Frank Rustenbach

Post by Toni Grass

Post by news_reader
Hey guys,
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in
used condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot
of money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

http://www.deepspacecables.com/
Toni

No Sir! HD15 - 13W3 for SUN will most likely not work for SGI as they
use different Pins for HSYNC, VSYNC, CompSYNC.

I know. Did you noticed that they sell adapters for SUN, IBM and SGI?
e.g. Indy: <http://www.deepspacecables.com/models/indy.html>
I use them for Indy, Octane and Indigo2
Toni

I am an idiot. Sorry. Just looked at the pictures you get to see, when
you follow your link and did not take the time to observe the various
combo boxes. Again sorry.

Frank

[Toni Grass]

Post by Toni Grass

Post by Frank Rustenbach

Post by Toni Grass

Post by news_reader
Hey guys,
I received an old Indy, only the desktop, no monitor, keyboard or mouse.
Can I connect my pc monitor to it using a 13w3-vga converter? Any
idea where to get such a hardware not expensive? Or has it anybody in
used condition for a few bucks or free ;-)? I don't wanna invest a lot
of money, I'm not even sure if the machine works...

http://www.deepspacecables.com/
Toni

No Sir! HD15 - 13W3 for SUN will most likely not work for SGI as they
use different Pins for HSYNC, VSYNC, CompSYNC.

I know. Did you noticed that they sell adapters for SUN, IBM and SGI?
e.g. Indy: <http://www.deepspacecables.com/models/indy.html>
I use them for Indy, Octane and Indigo2

I am an idiot. [...]

I do not think so ;-)
The starting page is not very clear. But they ship wordwide and fast and
there are much more SUNs out there than SGIs.

Toni