Sun Monochrome TTL Monitors

[Ethan Dicks]

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