Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Monitor Help/Red Hat

dave engvall wrote:

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> Not all old stuff is junk. In CPU's usually....in monitors well maybe...depends on what you paid and how much it is going to cost
> you to get it going.
>
> The VR16 DH is:
> 70 kHz hor.
> 66 Hz vert.
> 1280 x 1024
> sync on green
> Sony GDM-1660
> Compatible with the SI GL and C1 fixed freq cards. ( http://www.si87.com)
>
> The VR16-HA is:
> 77 KHz hor
> 72 Hz vert
> 1280 x 1024
> Sony GDM-1661
> Compatible with the above cards.
>
> You pays your money and takes your chances. There is probably a modeline that will come close for this monitor. Xvidtune takes if
> from there. :-)

True... Not all junk but somewhat expensive to use. I have been using a couple of
the SONY 195X series (20 inch) monitors for several years with Photon and Mirage cards. These
are special fixed freq cards and were not real cheap. The Photon cards are stagnant and have
not been upgraded in years. Mirage, on the other hand, continues to release new models, some
of which are very high performance cards. These cards work quite well if you stick
to the standard windows display resolutions but generally do not work well with any PC
games or anything with a bit odd refresh or resolution. The 195X series monitors are
1280 x 1024 and there are a number of different vert and horiz rates depending on just which
model you have so you must get the card to match the monitor freqs. Since, in my case anyway,
the monitors were very cheap, it was cost effective to purchase the video cards. If you have
to pay much for the monitors, it is probably not worthwhile. We did spend some time with one
of these monitors and Linux but never did get a modeline that would work satisfactorarly......


Larry...