[SunRescue] 13W3 A/B video switch

[nick at ns.snowman.net]

Reputable.com has a 5 position 13w3 switch for 120$ new.  It's a little
pricey, but it should work.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Tim Hauber wrote:

> rescue at sunhelp.org writes:
> >So I need to switch a Sun GDM20E20 between an Sun and a SVGA video output.
> >
> >I have two choices - get an svga video switch (Black Box - $69.00) and
> >convert  
> >the 13W3 to svga, or try to find a 13W3 switch and convert the svga to
> >13W3.  I 
> >figured that the 13W3 switch might be of better quality, so I asked Black
> >Box 
> >what their cost to build me one would be.  Their quote was ridiculous -
> >about 
> >three times what they charge for the same switch with svga connectors.
> >
> >Does anyone know of a 13W3 A/B video switch?
> >
> >If not, I guess I'll just go with svga, and hope to avoid ghosting, etc...
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Paul Phillips
> 
> Or, get out the soldering iron, make yourself a custom switch with 13W3
> and VGA on it yourself, you could even do it by hacking a good 13W3 cable
> in half, so you wouldn't have 2 extra connections in the line.  It isn't
> that hard to make a good clean switch, just keep your internal leads
> extremely short and straight, put it in a little metal box, and voila' a
> switch for probably less than Black box, but really custom to your config.
> 
> 
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