Connecting various old SPARCstations to a sony/SGI gdm20-D11

Hi all,
I have aquired quite a collection of old
sparcstations here, and I would like to fire them up
and try and get them working again.
As can be seen from the subject, I'm trying to get an
output on an SGI monitor, which i though was not
possible, but an SS4 shows up fine on it. Sadly,
none of the other workstations do (IPX, IPC, SS2,
SS5). Does anyone know if there is a reason why the
SS4 would be the odd one out?
Also, i am connecting a keyboard and mouse to each
machine as i try to get an output on the monitor, and
it does emit a 'beep' when the power is switched on.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
JonThere were one or 2 systems that had a jumper on them to allow or remove sync on green. It appears that the SS4 was one of them. Anyway, that is why it is working. There is a fairly simple (for a techie type) mod to open the 20-D11 and connect the sync lines from the 13W3 to the sync board. All circuitry is there, just never connected to the 13W3 connector. You can google for it. That way all the Sparcs will work fine... You will want to use Sun pins 5 (H/C) and 7 (V) on the 13W3 instead of the SGI mod directions pins to use 4 (H) & 5 (V).

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