[rescue] Display devices

Wed Feb 11 17:08:42 CST 2015

Nec Multisync monitors work well with Sparcstations... I have a 19in that
works well. And I have tested the 21in version too which are about 60-100
bucks on ebay. The model you probably want is 2190uxp. You'll only get those
refurbished though. You'll also need a Sun 13w3 adaptor not an SGI one.

Chase

     On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:00 PM, "rescue-request at sunhelp.org"
<rescue-request at sunhelp.org> wrote:

 Send rescue mailing list submissions to
B B B  rescue at sunhelp.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
B B B  http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
B B B  rescue-request at sunhelp.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
B B B  rescue-owner at sunhelp.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of rescue digest..."

Today's Topics:

B  1. Re: Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
B  B  B  (Richard Edwards)
B  2. Re: Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone? (Peter Stokes)
B  3. Re: Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
B  B  B  (Richard Edwards)
B  4. Re: Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone? (Andrew Jones)
B  5. Re: Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone? (Hauke Fath)
B  6. Re: Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone? (Peter Stokes)
B  7. Re: Display devices (Barry Callahan)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:20:49 +1100
From: Richard Edwards <ejb at trick-1.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
Message-ID:
B B B  <1423606849.383789.225856201.2E2D964D at webmail.messagingengine.com>
Content-Type: text/plain

Hi Peter

If you draw up blanks on the list (and sorry I don't have any spare) you
can still find SUN MBUS CPU's on ebay for modest amounts.

FYI if you are looking for SM71's to do SMP then a pair of Ross
HyperSPARC dual/single modules could do the trick.

cheers

Richard

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, at 07:03 PM, Peter Stokes wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Hopefully not out of order to post this here.
>
> Bit of a long shot, but I am looking to buy some SM71 modules, happy with
> any
> p/n so long as they pass VTS testing.
>
> Let me know if anyone has any spare ones to sell, or happy to swap for
> other
> Sun kit I have.
>
> Peter
> ---------------------------
> Peter Stokes
> Ashlyn Computer Services
> Tel: 01636 627990
> Mbl: 07977 532320
> ---------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:07:21 +0000
From: Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
Message-ID: <41CDB1C1-1234-4430-AA6B-13E66F053A39 at ashlyn.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi Richard

Thanks for the reply, sadly I need the SM71, nothing else and all the MBus
modules on Ebay are not SM71, mainly lower speed. I have plenty of the
HyperSparcs in stock, just no good for this job...

All the best

Peter

> On 10 Feb 2015, at 22:20, Richard Edwards <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter
>
> If you draw up blanks on the list (and sorry I don't have any spare) you
> can still find SUN MBUS CPU's on ebay for modest amounts.
>
> FYI if you are looking for SM71's to do SMP then a pair of Ross
> HyperSPARC dual/single modules could do the trick.
>
> cheers
>
> Richard
>
>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, at 07:03 PM, Peter Stokes wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> Hopefully not out of order to post this here.
>>
>> Bit of a long shot, but I am looking to buy some SM71 modules, happy with
>> any
>> p/n so long as they pass VTS testing.
>>
>> Let me know if anyone has any spare ones to sell, or happy to swap for
>> other
>> Sun kit I have.
>>
>> Peter
>> ---------------------------
>> Peter Stokes
>> Ashlyn Computer Services
>> Tel: 01636 627990
>> Mbl: 07977 532320
>> ---------------------------
>> _______________________________________________
>> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:38:35 +1100
From: Richard Edwards <ejb at trick-1.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
Message-ID:
B B B  <1423611515.3534058.225885349.3D91B4FB at webmail.messagingengine.com>
Content-Type: text/plain

Hi Peter

Out of curiosity what is the application/system/CPU feature that makes
it so specific?

Richard
On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, at 10:07 AM, Peter Stokes wrote:
> Hi Richard
>
> Thanks for the reply, sadly I need the SM71, nothing else and all the
> MBus
> modules on Ebay are not SM71, mainly lower speed. I have plenty of the
> HyperSparcs in stock, just no good for this job...
>
> All the best
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> > On 10 Feb 2015, at 22:20, Richard Edwards <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter
> >
> > If you draw up blanks on the list (and sorry I don't have any spare) you
> > can still find SUN MBUS CPU's on ebay for modest amounts.
> >
> > FYI if you are looking for SM71's to do SMP then a pair of Ross
> > HyperSPARC dual/single modules could do the trick.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, at 07:03 PM, Peter Stokes wrote:
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> Hopefully not out of order to post this here.
> >>
> >> Bit of a long shot, but I am looking to buy some SM71 modules, happy
with
> >> any
> >> p/n so long as they pass VTS testing.
> >>
> >> Let me know if anyone has any spare ones to sell, or happy to swap for
> >> other
> >> Sun kit I have.
> >>
> >> Peter
> >> ---------------------------
> >> Peter Stokes
> >> Ashlyn Computer Services
> >> Tel: 01636 627990
> >> Mbl: 07977 532320
> >> ---------------------------
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> > _______________________________________________
> > rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

------------------------------

Message: 4
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:45:10 -0500
From: Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
Message-ID: <54DA9806.3010005 at jones.ec>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

What are you trying to accomplish that has such very strict requirements?

On 02/10/2015 06:07 PM, Peter Stokes wrote:
> Hi Richard
>
> Thanks for the reply, sadly I need the SM71, nothing else and all the MBus
> modules on Ebay are not SM71, mainly lower speed. I have plenty of the
> HyperSparcs in stock, just no good for this job...
>
> All the best
>
> Peter

------------------------------

Message: 5
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:02:08 +0100
From: Hauke Fath <hauke at Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
Message-ID: <20150211080208762085.1f76dde9 at Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:07:21 +0000, Peter Stokes wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, sadly I need the SM71, nothing else and all the MBus
> modules on Ebay are not SM71, mainly lower speed.

They appear to be not very long-lived. I have four SM71s here (at
least), all with failed cache memory, although the SS20 they ran in did
not have internal disks. I guess they were built for an AC server
room...

Does anyone know how to map the OF self-test error information for the
SM 71 to the physical cache RAM chips?

hauke

--
Hauke FathB  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B 
<hauke at Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
Ernst-Ludwig-Stra_e 15
64625 Bensheim
Germany

------------------------------

Message: 6
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:38:31 +0000
From: Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SM71 75Mhz SuperSparc MBus modules anyone?
Message-ID: <E145D879-458E-4219-8F02-5A5D7E264C6F at ashlyn.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi Richard/Andrew

Purely customer requirements, they have specified the SM71. I guess it is to
replace like for like as a spare unit. I know there were issues with the
HyperSparc with earlier version of Solaris etc and at this stage they would
not be interested in patching or it may be that the software is certified and
may not even be able to be changed. However that is the way it is....

So if anyone has any spare, I would still be interested in knowing.

Thanks

Peter
---------------------------
Peter Stokes
Ashlyn Computer Services
Tel: 01636 627990
Mbl: 07977 532320
---------------------------

On 10 Feb 2015, at 23:45, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:

> What are you trying to accomplish that has such very strict requirements?
>
> On 02/10/2015 06:07 PM, Peter Stokes wrote:
>> Hi Richard
>>
>> Thanks for the reply, sadly I need the SM71, nothing else and all the MBus
>> modules on Ebay are not SM71, mainly lower speed. I have plenty of the
>> HyperSparcs in stock, just no good for this job...
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Peter
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

------------------------------

Message: 7
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:15:13 -0500
From: Barry Callahan <barryc at rjlsystems.com>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Display devices
Message-ID: <54DB63F1.60100 at rjlsystems.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

I just realized that I missed this when it came through, originally.

On 1/31/2015 1:29 PM, Carl R. Friend wrote:
>B  B  Greetings all,
>
> 1)B  Can anybody recommend a decent flat-panel display that can take
>B  sync-on-green, not attempt rescale (i.e. display pixel-for-pixel,
>B  and I'm willing to deal with non-square pixels, to a point), and
>B  won't look like utter rubbish on non-PC sources?

We were using LCDs from Envision with Sun workstations -- Ultra2s,
Ultra60s, and Blade2ks. The models we used were EN9410E and H190L. Both
were VGA-only, but they worked out of the box with a 13W3->VGA adapter.

>
> 2)B  It it even possible to get 19" CRTs any longer?B  I'd like to get
>B  my InterAct 32C back in running condition, and both monitors are
>B  close to junk (they were when new, mind, as monitors were always
>B  the weak link).B  Any decent multi-sync will do as the hardware
>B  produces separate H/V sync lines in addition to RGB.B  A matching
>B  set would be great.
>
>B  B  Ideas anybody?B  I'm not looking for a handout, mainly pointers.

New? It's nigh impossible. I won't go so far as to say that nobody makes
them anymore, but very few of my standard go-to "parts-shopping" sites
list any, except for used/refurb units.

I regularly see CRT monitors in the thrift stores in the area. I'd also
suggest checking out any small, non-chain, mom&pop computer stores, and
if there's an electronics recycler in the area, give them a call. Also,
the local Craigslist site generally has quite a few people hoping that
someone will take their old CRTs and maybe get more use out of them
instead of having to recycle them.

------------------------------

Subject: Digest Footer

_______________________________________________
rescue maillistB  -B  rescue at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

------------------------------

End of rescue Digest, Vol 147, Issue 3
**************************************