Ian Sidle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We've got a number of sun monitor's at school. Sence the one you
> found was thrown out, its probably the old sun video connector. I
> know there are converters from sun to vga, and probably to the mac.
> There are also the sun to composite video cables. I would at least
> plug it into the wall and see if it powers on. It could also be that
> its broken, which then won't matter how many adapters you got. Their
> monitors are generally pretty good (although REALLY heavy). The
Yeah, tell me about it <grin> -- no, make that <groan>!
> monitor will either have a standard vga connector or the proprietary
> sun video connector (which was only really used on the older sun's).
> I would say checking sun's site for the monitor. You'll probably get
> better results.
>
> thanks
After closer examination of the label, & a Google search that brought up
some places that have inventories of Sun stuff, I've concluded that it's
most likely to be the 365-1013 "Sun 19 Monochrome monitor CRT with OCLI
Philips M19P114A/6119" (So says http://www.exquip.com/sun/monitors.chtml)
(Anybody know what "OCLI" means?)
Everything else is either not a Philips tube, not monochrome, or not 19".
So,
I'm back to Sun's site....
Apparently it has an early type of VGA port, having only 9 pins (actually 6,
but spaces for 9). Either that or it's a TTL monitor -- CGA (unlikely from
Sun) or EGA, in which case I'm screwed. Presumably (considering its age, c.
1988) it was a companion to a 386I, Sun's less-than-spectacularly successful
attempt to break into the Intel (not yet Wintel then) box market, so might 1
not expect it to handle at least some standard PC resolutions, like 1024x768
or 1280x1024?
It powers up. I guess I'll invest in a 9-pin/15-pin VGA cable -- ubiquitous
& cheap (at least at MicroCenter, which carries a good selection of "Old
World" connectors, PC & Mac), & stick a Mac adapter on the end. If this
monitor doesn't work, I'm sure I'll come across others....
--
Over,
Jutso
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