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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My first Unix machine was a Solbourne SS2 clone and I have vivid memories of using it with a very boxy Sun 16" CRT and type 4 keyboard/optical mouse. I'd love to have CRT monitors for each of my systems (or any CRTs at all), however I am limited by space. My machines are all connected to a KVM and LCD monitors as two 21" Sonys would take up half of my office. The same goes for keyboards. While I am less enamored with old keyboards than old CRTs, it still would be fun to have a proper keyboard for each machine type (at least HP, Sun, DEC), but I simply don't have the space for a pile of keyboards. I never want to use a non-optical (camera) mouse again. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I know the monitor you are talking about and I've looked at getting one here as well. I'm in the US so I can't help your cause<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">mike<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 06:07:19 AM CDT, silcreval via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I've collected Sun machines for a very long time now, and still use them regularly.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If I'm using a Sun Blade 2000 then I will go with a Sun LCD monitor of the time.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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 :)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Does anyone know a source for these in the UK? I've seen a few from time to time.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- Ian<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></div></div>
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