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Indigo2 (green) 13W3->modern Monitor - dettus - 11-24-2019
Hello.
I am Thomas, I am new to this forum.
Today, I pulled my green Indigo2 out of the Mothballs, in which it was stuck for the last 15 years.
What a remarkable machine! It is still booting, I was able to log on via SSH (albeit by adding the ssh -c aes256-cbc parameter), play some music, do some coding and play some games.
Alas, I was not able to connect a modern monitor to it.
What I did was to use a Flat-Screen LCD with a 13W3 -> VGA adapter. However, the screen remained black, the Montior was complaining about "No signal connection".
It might be one of three causes:
1. The Monitor is not suitable for IRIX
2. The 13W3 adapter does not work with SGI machines (Even though it works with SUN, i checked)
3. The Graphics card is broken.
Regarding 1: It does not even show me the boot screen. Can anybody tell me what resolution/refresh rate that would have?
Regarding 2: Is SUN 13W3 different from SGI 13W3?
Regarding 3: I do have a spare graphics card, but it is tough to change them. Is it worth the efford?
RE: Indigo2 (green) 13W3->modern Monitor - shrek - 11-24-2019
I have seen people complain that some 13w3 adapters that work on Sun machines don't work on SGIs. You should probably pick one up that's specifically made for SGI machines.
RE: Indigo2 (green) 13W3->modern Monitor - vishnu - 11-24-2019
Indeed that is the case; the Sun and SGI 13W3 connectors are different. We believe in standards, that's why we have so many of them!
RE: Indigo2 (green) 13W3->modern Monitor - reed - 12-18-2019
sgi 13w3 is needed...been there with one that didnt work...my system indigo2 solid impact works on any monitor i have, which i thought would be a miracle