>I think this topic's fine for the list as we're moving toward using the
>on-board video drivers on video cards to be able to support color X,
>etc. A problem w/ seeing a monitor will mess us up too.
>
Cool!  
[snip]
>
>Is NO DISPLAY a symptom, or error message?
>
symptom; a la, blank, dark screen.....plug in the Apple mono, fine.
And, by that, I mean I can see that the Mac is set for color, etc, and
the video is fine.  Your real close tho' Bill, I think.  Plus, I suspect,
but do not know for certain that some of the 3rd party cards don't
use the same pinout as Apple did (such as Raster Ops).  I aked the
question hoping to find out if that is (or was I should say) the case.
I need to find the answer because I need to purchase or fabricate a
cable that will work with a couple of RGB (BNC connectors) montiors
that I also have, and I've been frustrated by not being able to find a
cable at any of the stores around here.   Sure, plenty of them for PC
but not Mac....typical.

Paul
>> use the mono.
>
>I bet the problem's a combination of two things. First, a lot of this
>video hardware came out well before multi-sync video was the rage, so the
>on-card drivers don't deal with the monitor sense info they receive
>from the monitor. Second, I bet some of the cards default to 640x480
>when there's a monitor of un-known type, and others default to nothing.
>Thus the difference.
>
>Or that's my guess.
>
>Take care,
>
>Bill