A2024/Viking Moniterm (was Re: Amiga Unix (was: Amiga develop ment))

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Sat Feb 10 03:35:42 2001

>> Several years ago I worked for someone who had a few dozen surplus
>> Moniterm 19" monitors, and most of them needed the same repair - the
>
>The Moniterm monitors that I've come across are 19" monochrome units.
>They were used on the landscape version of the PERQ 2 machines. They
>appear to be a Moniterm circuit board with a PERQ systems PSU (well,
>transformer + rectifier + cap) and connector bracket.

When my Mac II was still new I bought a Moniterm monitor for it, couple
grand as I remember for the nubus card and monochrome display. It lasted a
couple years, just long enough for the company to go belly up, and trying
to get it fixed was among the worst service experiences I had. (idiot video
shop had no clue, or mac to even test the thing, never fixed it, finally
"lost" it).

I did learn a few things.

Monitor Services, or something like that is/was still around with some
replacement parts and service. Typical ex employees bought up the spares
and went into business thing.

Moniterm made a lot of different monitors, many were specials or OEM units,
but they may "look" all the same and be VERY different inside.

I still have a couple cards for I think two different models used with
Nubus macs.
Received on Sat Feb 10 2001 - 03:35:42 GMT