[rescue] Sun monitors

[Alan Perry]

I am in the US so don't know where to find those monitors in the UK.

I had one and used it frequently but it broke. I thought about buying 
another one but, since the base was in good condition, instead I bought 
another Samsung 24.1" LCD that used the same mount and swapped the 
displays. I also kept the Sun outer cover for the LCD and modified it to 
fit over the new LCD. After I had already cut up the Sun cover, I 
realized that it might have been possible remove the new cover, adapt 
the wiring for the buttons and use the entire Sun cover.

alan

On 4/10/24 4:05 AM, silcreval via rescue wrote:
>
> I've collected Sun machines for a very long time now, and still use them regularly.
>
> One thing I like to do is assemble systems with appropriate monitors/keyboards where I can. So if I'm using an Sparcstation 20 I like to have the keyboard/mouse and CRT monitor that would have been around a the time.
>
> If I'm using a Sun Blade 2000 then I will go with a Sun LCD monitor of the time.
>
> I wonder if anyone else does this - or do you go with newer LCD screens for convenience? As I used these systems commercially back in the 90s and 00s, and even as late as the 10s, I get more of the 'ambience' of the time if I'm using a CRT say rather than a 4K monitor 'scaling' the video on a 32" screen :)
>
> One system I'd like to recreate is an Ultra 45 with what I believe would have been the monitor at the time - aka the 365-1434, a 24.1" LCD monitor which had two legs at each end of the monitor. It was probably unusual at the time as most monitors have just the central stand.
>
> These for whatever reason are hard to find in the UK, and the systems I see in the US are often cheap (<$100) but require a big spend on postage (aka $200) which together with import duty which will be added on all that makes it ridiculous.
>
> Does anyone know a source for these in the UK? I've seen a few from time to time.
>
> Just FYI - I've started putting together some photographs of systems with matching monitors/keyboards etc and will probably upload them somewhere if anyone is interested.
>
> - Ian
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