6 Dec
2018
6 Dec
'18
10:45 a.m.
What are people doing for early Sun monitor replacements? I've got a Sun
3/60 that I'd like to hook up to a modern monitor, but am unaware of any
means of doing so.
Thanks!
Kyle
6 Dec
6 Dec
11:29 a.m.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 1:45 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
What are people doing for early Sun monitor
replacements? I've got a Sun
3/60 that I'd like to hook up to a modern monitor, but am unaware of any
means of doing so.
Kyle, which framebuffer do you have? Here's a shot of the color
framebuffer http://www.obsolyte.com/sunPICS/sun3/color360r.jpg The
old monochrome framebuffers used ECL signals, IIRC, and that plus the
refresh rate might be problematic with modern displays.
I also have a 3/60 that is sitting out on my bench that would love to
learn the answer to this question. Earlier this year I finally got a
Sun3 keyboard (yes... one can make a Sun4 to Sun3 passive adapter, but
I never got around to it) and somewhere I have an optical mouse with
the modular jack that goes with it (again, an adapter can be made).
Absent the answer, I was planning on starting out with a SCSI drive
(or an ESDI drive in a Sun3 shoebox) and a serial terminal, just to
get the machine running something.
All of my real Sun experience starts with the SPARC1 in the early 90s.
I didn't really get to play with the Sun3 line when it was current.
-ethan
11:30 a.m.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:29 PM Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 1:45 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Kyle,
To be more clear, since you mentioned "TTL mono" in your subject line,
do you have a bwtwo or something else?
-ethan
What are people doing for early Sun monitor
replacements? I've got a Sun
3/60 that I'd like to hook up to a modern monitor, but am unaware of any
means of doing so.
Kyle, which framebuffer do you have? 
12:57 p.m.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:31 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:29 PM Ethan Dicks
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
Kyle,
To be more clear, since you mentioned "TTL mono" in your subject line,
do you have a bwtwo or something else?
-ethan
I have had a lot of mono monitors that might have worked, went through them
all, did not find it as easy as I would have hoped and I presently don't
think I have one that synchs. Jon Chapman should know.
b
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 1:45 PM Kyle Owen via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> What are people doing for early Sun monitor replacements? I've got a
Sun
> 3/60 that I'd like to hook up to a
modern monitor, but am unaware of
any
means of
doing so.
Kyle, which framebuffer do you have?
7 Dec
7 Dec
6:07 a.m.
Upon closer inspection, it appears as though I have no frame buffer. Drats.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ariFxb8xggERExkU9
Anyone have a spare that would work?
Thanks,
Kyle
8:46 a.m.
fre 2018-12-07 klockan 08:07 -0600 skrev Kyle Owen via cctalk:
Upon closer inspection, it appears as though I have no
frame buffer.
Drats.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ariFxb8xggERExkU9
Anyone have a spare that would work?
Thanks,
Kyle
You have one the ECL one ie (i think) bwtwo.
https://www.sun3arc.org/FEH/CPU/3_60.phtml
11:01 a.m.
On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:46 AM Stefan Skoglund <stefan.skoglund at agj.net>
wrote:
You have one the ECL one ie (i think) bwtwo.
https://www.sun3arc.org/FEH/CPU/3_60.phtml
Ahh, so it's built onto the board itself. Cool. I'll see about what it
would take to convert it to something else; might be a good Verilog
project. Might see about using the project Al mentioned for inspiration.
Thanks!
Kyle
6 Dec
6 Dec
1:05 p.m.
On 12/6/18 10:45 AM, Kyle Owen via cctalk wrote:
What are people doing for early Sun monitor
replacements? I've got a Sun
3/60 that I'd like to hook up to a modern monitor, but am unaware of any
means of doing so.
Thanks!
Kyle
http://tenoxvga.tenox.net/
https://github.com/tenox7/tenoxvga
could be a starting point
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