Subject: Re: Adapters to connect Macintosh to a Sun display?
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Stephen Brown <sbrown@best.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/20/1999 19:57:18
Hi Jason,
The SS20 systems came with the "13W3" connector, as did the Ultra 1s,
et cetera. I found a Sun part #530-2357 that is described as a 20cm cable
with SVGA male and 13W3 female connectors. You can buy this online from:
http://sunstore.sun.com
The listed price is $45 dollars. I don't recall what the 7200 has
connections for, so you might have to get a SVGA<->Mac adapter, too.
I'll also include the pinout info from the handbook, if you want
to get really industrious and make one from scratch...;-)
Your connector looks like this, but reversed(The info I have is from
the motherboard connection side):
--------------------------
\ 1 ooooo 5 /
\ 0 6 ooooo 10 0 0 /
\ A1 A2 A3/
--------------------
Hopefully, this conveys the general idea of three larger connections with
ten smaller ones wedged in between. The smaller connections are labelled
1 through 10 left to right, top to bottom. Anyway, the pinout is as follows:
Pin Function I/O Level
-----------------------------
A1 Red O Analog
A2 Green O Analog
A3 Blue O Analog
1 Serial Read TTL
2 Vert Sync O TTL
3 Sense <0'> I TTL
4 Ground GND
5 Comp Sync O TTL
6 Hort Sync O TTL
7 Serial Write TTL
8 Sense <1'> I TTL
9 Sense <2'> I TTL
10 Ground GND
-----------------------------
This data comes from the SPARCstation(tm) 20 service manual.
Cheers,
Steve Brown
sbrown@best.com
p.s. Please forgive the crude ASCII drawing...
> Hi folks...
>
> First, lemme apologize for the cross-post and somewhat off-topic question :-)
>
> I have a friend with a PowerMacintosh 7200. Unfortunately, she has the
> dinky 14'' Apple display for it. She does, however, have a sweet 19''
> Sun display (the type with the little remote control that came on late
> SS10 and the SS20 models) which is currently unused.
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to hook this display up to said Mac
> in such a way that will work? :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
>
>