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On 26 Jul 99, at 20:59, Bruce Boschek wrote:
> In <[log in to unmask]>, on 07/26/99
> at 12:04 PM, Jim Meagher <[log in to unmask]> said:
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> >Brad,
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> >The advice you received is a little bit distorted.
> >There is no such thing as a 15 pin to BNC cable. I think they were
> >trying to tell you that you need a video card with a bnc output "for
> >optimum performance".
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> >Jim Meagher
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> Hello?? It is not my wont to openly disagree, but 15pin to BNC cables
> are commonly available and probably hundreds of thousands are in use.
> Elsa and Miro even provide them with their high-end graphic cards. EIZO
> monitors are often delivered with them and many high-end graphic card
> manufacturers recommend them. Pick up any MicroWarehouse or other
> hardware catalog and look at video cables. I have never seen a graphic
> card with BNC connectors, but that sure doesn't mean there aren't any.
> Oh, I forgot that some Apple models have 3 BNC graphic output connectors
> - but this is an IBM-compatible PC list :-))).
I worked on product-specific drivers for high-end graphics cards in 1993-4;
several offered separate colour connectors instead of or in addition to the
15-pin connector. Sometimes these were BNC; sometimes the card maker used
some other kind of connector and provided a custom cable.
David G
PCBUILD's List Owner's:
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Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
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