If the CPD-1304 monitor works with the Macintosh High-Resolution Video Card
(the current 8-bit display card), there won't be any problem with the Display
Card 8/24GC signals driving the Sony CPD-1304. (We have not been able to
verify that the CPD-1304 monitor works with the Macintosh High-Resolution Video
Card, but we do know that Sony's CPD-1302 monitor works with that card.)
However, you will need to use a different cable to connect the two devices
because the cards have different connectors.
An issue with regard to the cable concerns the sense pins, which tell the card
what type of monitor is attached. For the Sony CPD-1302 monitor, the sense
pins should be configured as below, where 0 = Ground and 1 = Not Ground. To
ground a sense pin, tie it to the C&VSYNC.GND signal.
Sense pins Hor x Vert Dot Vert
10 7 4 Display Pixels Clock Refresh
--------------- -------------------- ---------- ----- -------
1 1 0 12" Monochrome Monitor 640 x 480 30.24 66.7
13" Color Monitor
Here are the pinouts for the Macintosh Display Card 8/24GC:
Pin Signal Description
----- ----------- ----------------------------------------
1 RED.GND Red Video Ground
2 RED.VID Red Video
3 CYSNC~ Composite Sync
4 MON.ID1 Monitor ID, Bit 1 (also known as SENSE0)
5 GRN.VID Green Video
6 GRN.GND Green Video Ground
7 MON.ID2 Monitor ID, Bit 2 (also known as SENSE1)
8 nc (no connection)
9 BLU.VID Blue Video
10 MON.ID3 Monitor ID, Bit 3 (also known as SENSE2)
11 C&VSYNC.GND CSYNC & VSYNC Ground
12 VSYNC~ Vertical Sync
13 BLU.GND Blue Video Ground
14 HSYNC.GND HSYNC Ground
15 HSYNC~ Horizontal Sync
Shell CHASSIS.GND Chassis Ground