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:
>
> >Brad,
>
> >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".
>
> >Jim Meagher
>
> 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:
                      Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
                       Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>