[rescue] Sun monitors

[Todd Vernon]

I went on a similar quest several years back to get 17”Sun CRT that shipped with the IPX.  Finally saw one pop up on EBay after many years.  I think CRT’s are super hard to find as most were recycled due to their fixed frequency and therefore lack of ability to work PC’s.

I would love to have 20” that shipped with SS5 era machine.

Good luck in your hunt!

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Todd Vernon
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Email: todd at toddvernon.com
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On Apr 10, 2024 at 5:07 AM -0600, silcreval via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>, wrote:
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> I've collected Sun machines for a very long time now, and still use them regularly.
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> 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.
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> If I'm using a Sun Blade 2000 then I will go with a Sun LCD monitor of the time.
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> 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 :)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Does anyone know a source for these in the UK? I've seen a few from time to time.
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> 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.
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> - Ian
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