From: Shane Dempsey (sdempsey at domain tssg.wit.ie)
Date: Thu 16 Sep 1999 - 11:16:05 IST
Having said that if you can run it at
88hz and that resoltion it does look pretty good.
I'm not sure that it would be worth the hassle though.
And there is no way that I'd try to install any kind of linux distro on
an INDY... What's wrong with IRIX anyway ?
...shane
----- Original Message -----
From: John P . Looney <valen at domain tuatha.org>
To: Irish LUG list <ilug at domain linux.ie>
Sent: 16 September 1999 10:43
Subject: Re: [ILUG] SGI indys for sale
> On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 05:04:08AM -0400, Wesley Darlington mentioned:
> > The (lovely) 20" VDU wouldn't work with my PC. However, the page
> > David mentioned that lists the $90 adapter seems to suggest that the
> > only thing you need is sync on green. I wonder if my G200 can
> > be made to produce sync on green... :-)
>
> Bear in mind that this is a fixed-res, fixed frequency monitor. I swapped
> one to a friend years ago (for a decent hi spec PC!), and he didn't listen
> to me, and blew the thing up. Be careful.
>
> the monitor I used was 88khz, 1178x882 or something. Any higher (or
lower)
> frequencies, and you could damage the monitor.
>
> Kate
>
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