Thx. I haven’t seen many cheap VGA->HDMI adapters. The cheap ones went the other direction.
I have been using widescreen displays with my Suns (using Solaris/CDE and OPENSTEP) for some time. My last Sun-badged display was a widescreen. Will look for Extron ones. > On May 24, 2020, at 22:05, Rico Pajarola <r...@servium.ch> wrote: > > > I've had good success using various Extron adapters. > > I'm currently using a RGB112xi to convert <anything analog> => VGA. > > So far the adapter works as advertised with anything I managed to connect it > to (various HP/DEC/Sun/SGI/RS6000, including mono and SoG) to a cheap Dell > monitor that definitely doesn't understand sync on green. The adapter fully > regenerates all signals including separate H/V sync. > > From there I would assume any cheap VGA => HDMI adapter should work (but I > never had the urge, because HDMI monitors also tend to be wide format which > doesn't work very well for classic computing) > > I also have other Extron converters, but the RGB112xi is best for 1990s > workstations. The only thing I wish it had was a way to choose the color when > the input signal is monochrome. > > > >> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 9:53 AM Alan Perry via cctalk >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> When I first started trying to use VGA LCD panels with my Suns (mostly >> lunchbox systems, all 4c and 4m desktops), I heard there could be a >> problem like that and stuck with a particular model Samsung that worked. >> Then I tried another one and it worked. And another. And another. I >> haven't encountered one (out of half a dozen) that didn't work. >> >> alanp >> >> On 5/24/20 9:29 AM, alan--- via cctalk wrote: >> > >> > I've had the opposite experience. I've been trying to find a 1U >> > pull-out keyboard/monitor/mouse combo for my E6500 rack. Most of the >> > VGA LCD panels complain about signal out of range on both cg3 and cg6. >> > The E6500 really doesn't need a video console, but it'd be nice if one >> > was tucked in there. Of course the weirdo Sun mounting rails in the >> > cabinet are yet another challenge. >> > >> > -A >> > >> > On 2020-05-24 11:16, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: >> > >> >> Every flat panel display with a SVGA connector that I have had has >> >> worked with my 13W3-to-SVGA adapters. I have seen adapters that do the >> >> SVGA to HDMI part. I am asking if someone else here has figured out >> >> which one(s) work in this application.
