Re: framebuffer refresh

I'll remember this for the eventual day when I upgrade my current monitors and desktop system.  I'll probably go for a nicer monitor for the main desktop and use a video switch to switch the second video port between other systems.

--- On Mon, 8/15/11, Ian King <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Ian King <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Suns-at-Home] framebuffer refresh
> To: "silvercreekvalley" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, August 15, 2011, 6:26 PM
> One of the big challenges can be
> whether a given monitor supports sync-on-green.  I
> Googled and once found a list of LCDs that had been tested
> and found to support SOG.  Both my Sun and SGI systems
> require this, which is why I did the digging -- Ian 
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> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:37 AM
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> Subject: [Suns-at-Home] framebuffer refresh
> 
> Sun output on a LCD display can be problematic. Its
> important to check the resolutions that
> the LCD display will support carefully - this usually means
> digging through the data sheets.
> 
> Some of the older LCD panels do support 1152x900x66, I
> found a LCD display some years ago
> that supported this resolution and use it with my Sun
> 3/80.
> 
> In general modern LCD monitors dont seem to sync in the
> same was as the older multi-sync
> monitors which would 'have a go' at most input, and with
> some adjustment would give a
> stable image.
> 
> Another advantage of old style monitors, was that they
> would up scale lower resolutions to
> full screen and still give a resonable image in most
> cases.
> 
> I still keep a couple of nice multi-sync colour monitors
> around just in case :)
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