<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Ken</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 16, 2026, at 14:05, Mouse via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<blockquote type="cite"><span>Why so low? It is an impractical machine, is uses a lot of power for very l$</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>But at worst you'd need to run a release NetBSD no longer</span><br><span>officially supports.</span><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Which brings you back to an older, unsupported (not current) OS...</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>I don't think of 13W3-to-DE15 adapters as rare, but perhaps that's just</span><br><span>because I picked up a bunch back in the day (and they basically don't</span><br><span>break). But a quick look makes me think Digikey still sells 13W3</span><br><span>connectors new, so soldering up your own may not be out of the</span><br><span>question.</span><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm stepping out on a limb here, but weren't Suns running unusual/uncommon-if-still-standard resolutions that one may struggle matching to a modern non-CRT display? (1152x900 and 1280x1024 seem to be supported resolutions based on the CG14 documentation I found quickly [0])</div><div><br></div><div>I didn't say the adapters were rare, I said they were needed...</div><div><br></div><div>I notice folks are challenging my reasons, but no one has put forth an alternate valuation...</div><div><br></div><div>What do others think OPs system is worth?</div><div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br></div><div>[0] <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/sparc10.ws/806-2222-10/806-2222-10.pdf">https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/sparc10.ws/806-2222-10/806-2222-10.pdf</a></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>/~\ The ASCII Mouse</span><br><span>\ / Ribbon Campaign</span><br><span> X Against HTML mouse@rodents-montreal.org</span><br><span>/ \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>rescue list - http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>