Need Sun Monitor

[Paul Lussier]

"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:

> On 3/15/07, brk <gnhlug at karas.net> wrote:
>> I need a Sun (or sun-compatible) monitor for an Ultra30 workstation.
>
>   You can also use most any VGA PC monitor, if you get a DB13W3 to
> DE15 adapter.  That might be easier in the long run (vs chasing down
> old Sun CRTs).

It's also significantly easier to lug around from place to place :)

"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:

> On 3/15/07, brian karas <brian at karas.net> wrote:
>> I've had bad luck with the VGA PC monitors.  They need to be fixed-
>> sync or something (IIRC) to deal with the framebuffer cards.
>
>   Well, strictly speaking, I haven't really done much of this myself,
> but I've seen it done and been told about it and such, and the
> received wisdom was:
>
>   Commercial Unix = Sun, SGI, HP, DEC, etc.
>
>   You can connect a good PC monitor to most commercial Unix hosts,
> provided you use the proper adapter cables.

The "Sun" monitors that shipped with the early Ultra's were nothing
special, normal Sony Trinitron monitors.  The only thing special about
them was the cable.  Connecting a "PC" version of the Trinitron to a
Sun using the DB13W3<->DE15 adapter was indistinguishable from a "Sun"
monitor.

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