old monitor,, any help please

frogslayer · 07-29-2001, 02:28 AM

hey, i was wondering if anybody had a clue about how to get an old parallel-port monitor to get workin in linux.

i dont need a big fancy display, and i really dont want to leave a video card in it if i dont have to

jharris · 07-29-2001, 06:47 AM

Parallel port monitor? Do you really mean a serial dumb terminal?? (the older onee use 25pin D-connectors that look the same as current parallel ports, unlike more modern 25-way serial ports they don't have the opposite gender to current parallel ports) I've never seen or heard of any sorta display that runs on the parallel port!

cheers

Jamie...

frogslayer · 07-29-2001, 11:34 AM

at&t crt318h,, made in december of 88,, and it does use the parallel port, im quite sure of it

jharris · 07-29-2001, 05:28 PM

Uhm... Pass... I'll be very interested in any details you have of the monitor or how you got it working as I've never even heard of such a device! Whats the connector like? Standard 25pin D?

cheers

Jamie...

DavidPhillips · 07-29-2001, 05:56 PM

We had a crt years ago that had a card with it which used a db25 connector. It was a crt flat screen, don't remember the brand. Worked as an external display for a helmsmans monitor in hydroseis. A dos navigation program.