Monitor repair [Kind of]

From: Brett <danjo_at_xnet.com>
Date: Sun Sep 27 13:40:41 1998

On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Aaron Christopher Finney wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Brett wrote:
> > > I got a beater here. A Sony GDM-1601. It was dropped a couple of
> >
> > That sounds like a workstation monitor. But with 5 BNCs (I guess R, G, B,
> > Hsync, VSync), it's not off any workstation that I know.
>
> Fixed freq. workstation monitor, used for Sun, old SGI, etc. I have the
> specs from mine:
>
> Max res: 1280x1024_at_60Hz
> Vfreq: 59.90Hz
> Hfreq: 63.34KHz

That is what I needed to know! Now to find out if it is really busted or
not 8-)

> There are adapters available to use these things with PC's and MACs too,
> but I guess if it's been dropped, well...
>
> I got mine for $45 and it's OK. A little fuzzy and one corner is starting
> to fade. I spent $35 on a 13W3=>DB15 converter and am much happier using
> my 17" NEC Multisync on my Sparc 5.

Well 8-) send me your Sparc 5 and I will let you know 8-)

Thanks again for the info.

BC
Received on Sun Sep 27 1998 - 13:40:41 BST