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Sun-3/260 Hardware Installation Manual
Figure 2-5
2.3. Connecting Grayscale
Monitors to the Sun-
3/260
Color and Sync Connection Example
Color monitor
when viewed from rear
8
8
Color board
rear edge
If you have a Sun-3/2600, then your machine comes with a grayscale monitor
and a grayscale video cable. The Sun-3 Color Video board is also used with the
grayscale video cable, and you will need to read the following connection
instructions.
Sun currently supplies grayscale monitors with two separate types of video con-
nections on the rear of the monitor. Both are simple to hook up, and both are
described and illustrated in the following text The grayscale cable connection
for either
type
of monitor is made from the rear edge of the Sun-3 color board to
the back of the grayscale monitor, (reference the following two figures). The
grayscale video cable fits one of the following descriptions:
o
The first type has two
BNC
connectors on one end and a single video connec-
tor on the other end
o
The other type of grayscale cable has two
BNC
connectors at each end
CAUTION
Before beginning the following connections, make certain that the AC power
switches of the pedestal AND the monitor are OFF. The OFF position of the
AC power switch is with the side marked "0" pushed in.
Attach the first type of grayscale video cable by doing the following:
)
1.
Plug the
BNC
connector of the cable, labeled "SYNC" to the female BNC
connector marked "SYNC" on the rear edge of the Sun-3 Color Video
, . -\
board.
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Revision A of 10 October 1986
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