RASTEROPS 2168 monitor

[jens_k]

Greetings from germany, and sorry for bad english.
I am not a mac-user, yet.
I bought a RASTEROPS 2168 monitor on ebay.
Has anybody got information about the monitor?
It does not work with my pc under linux.
Probably it is a monitor for mac..

technical dates:

Model: 2168
Max Resolution: 1152 x 870
Sync Type: Sync on Green
H Freq/ V Freq: 68.68 Khz / 75.08 Hz
Tube Manufacturer: hitachi
Monitor Type:
Tube Model: CM2186A3UY
Tube Size: 21
Connector: 3 BNC

[latergator116]

Hmmm..ok I found some information about it (http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/rasterops/2168.html). If you go to to the bottom it says it uses an older style non-standard connector (http://www.monitorworld.com/Cables/Bnc_page.html), so I dont think it will work with either mac or pc's, :(

[jens_k]

I hope it is a Mac-Monitor.
In a technical forum they told me to buy a sync converter.
I will inform you if it works...

http://www.si87.com/Products/Cabling/Adapters/adapters.html#SG1

[topicolo]

yeah, the BNC connector connected to all the old macs (pre-cube I believe). The converters from BNC to VGA exist . In fact, I have one here ;). You should be able to find one on ebay though.

[Sun Baked]

Yes the old Mac monitors used a different sync method (Sync on Green) than standard PC monitors of the day.

One of the reasons Apples needed a converter block to run standard VGA monitors.

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Since it's an old Apple-style monitor, you need to reverse the process to go back to standard VGA. And doesn't help the monitor used a Rasterops BNC card. Instead of a synce on green VGA port (aka Mac-VGA).

[jens_k]

Okay, i need a bnc to vga convertor,
and not a sync-on-green to vga Convertor

I think a sync-on-green to vga Convertor will work to,
but you will not see DOS boot screens, windows safe mode, or certain games.
http://www.si87.com/MonitorSolutions/rasterops/2168.html

But that is no problem, cause i use a dualhead.

:)