The firmware for these adapters was sufficiently difficult to manage, since each
fixed frequency monitor seemed to demand something different, that the cost was
prohibitive, by today's standards and prices. If you have an application to
which the monitor is suited, it's a great monitor!
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Rachor" <george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Free - 17" Sun Sony Tinitron Monitor but....
> The fixed frequency nature of these monitors made them a bit more
> complicated to work with. There was a company called "Microfield
> Graphics" that built a display card that really made these monitors look
> nice. As I recall they had windows 3.1 and some Unix drivers for them.
>
> Very sharp for the day.
>
> George Rachor
>
> =========================================================
> George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
> Hillsboro, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
> United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
>
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > The GDM 1950 I used to have is a fixed-frequency, 1280x1024-formatted 20"
> > monitor. There was a GDM 1952 that was a smaller version but the 1950 with
> > which I once got quite familiar was a 20", VERY sharp, VERY well converged,
VERY
> > linear, and VERY bright, not to mention VERY heavy, monitor that used BNC
> > inputs.
> >
> > I bought an adapter board from PHOTON for it for what turned out to be more
than
> > what the package was worth, though it was a real pleasure using a large
format
> > monitor. (... now they're all 20" or so, since I'm at middle age and going
> > blind, like most of my contemporaries ...) The video bios was incompatible
> > with some rather important functions, i.e. it interfered with "floppy-tape"
> > backup software, so it was quickly phased out. Subsequent efforts to get a
BIOS
> > suitable for use with a different monitor were unsuccessful, so the adapter
( a
> > VLB type so not of much use today) is not being used if someone wants to
wrestle
> > with the details.
> >
> > A couple of days ago I was at Costco and noticed that 20" (actually 18". but
20"
> > by today's marketing) multisync monitors, with flat screen, etc, and
claiming to
> > be capable of 1600x1200 pixels are selling at around $250. That certainly
puts
> > a cap on what one would invest in terms of hauling, repair effort,
interfacing
> > hardware, etc.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lee Courtney" <leec_at_slip.net>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:59 AM
> > Subject: Free - 17" Sun Sony Tinitron Monitor but....
> >
> >
> > > I have a 17 inch Sony monitor (model GDM-1950) free to anyone who wants to
> > > pick it up. The catch, it has a sync(?) problem and therefore doesn't
> > > display anything very well. Beautiful (and huge and heavy) - if you can
fix
> > > it you'll have a great monitor. Email or call for info. Has to be out of
> > > here in the next two weeks.
> > >
> > > Lee Courtney
> > > President
> > >
> > > Monterey Software Group Inc.
> > > 1350 Pear Avenue, Suite J
> > > Mountain View, California 94043-1302 U.S.A.
> > > 650-964-7052 voice
> > > 650-964-6735 fax
> > >
> > > Advanced Authentication, Audit, and Access Control Tools and Consulting
for
> > > HP3000 Business Servers
> > > http://www.editcorp.com/Businesses/MontereySoftware
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Mar 26 2001 - 14:25:12 BST