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In <5jd0ba$g8n@psilocin.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mikc@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Mike Coughlin) writes:

>   Sun refuses to supply any repair information on their monitors and will
>not let Sony do so either. If you have the slightest interest in repairing
>or even adjusting your own equipment, do not buy anything from Sun.

I've successfully tweaked a few 16" and 19" Sony's (Sun-badged) of various
types after careful observation of what adjustments are available, and the
effects they have. 

The only adjustments I can't find on any of the Sony's I've seen are display
rotation controls. I've been able to get around this in most cases with
careful tweaking of the key balance and pin balance controls, but the
displays are still usually needing a small ammount of rotation before the
image sits square with the sides of the tube.

>   The difficulty of getting repairs and the high cost of Sun monitors
>makes it very worthwile to find SVGA monitors that will work on Suns.

Monitors I know of which will work with Sun's are the higher-end NEC
multisync's, as well as Magtron's 17" and bigger multisync monitors. I own a
Mag MX-17FG which displays Sun 1152 x 900 colour video perfectly. After 3
years (I bought it new) the colour guns are beginning to go out of alignment
in one direction, but I'll fix it as soon as I get a chance to shut down
that machine for a while.

Most multisync colour monitors of 17" or larger which will support 1280 x
1024 display sizes should handle Sun's colour video signals. If you have a
Sparc machine with a framebuffer that's configurable for smaller resolutions
(say 1024 x 768), even 15" multisyncs might work. Likewise, if you have a
21" multisync monitor and your framebuffer can work with larger display
sizes, you can usually get them to work with these big monitors.

The main problem is that 3rd-party monitors generally don't have D13W3
connectors on the rear panel. My Mag only has two D-connectors (for PC VGA
and SVGA cables) along with BNC connectors. D13W3 to BNC adaptors are rare,
and very expensive.

Regards,

Craig.
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