How can I use a VGA monitor on my Sun?

How can I use a VGA monitor on my Sun?

A simple adapter will connect a Sun to a VGA multi-sync monitor, providing
the monitor (like most better monitors these days) will accept composite
sync and operate in 1152x900 66 Hz (or whatever output your sun produces)
mode. (Check the manufacturer's data sheets, usually on the Web.)

Adapters are available from:

Ultraspec Cables, Inc., Lakewood, NJ, USA
(voice) (NA) 1-800-622-2537 (int'l) 1-908-901-0200
(fax) (NA) 1-800-222-5337 (int'l) 1-908-901-0240
(e-mail) sales@ultraspec.com
The Sun -> VGA adapter is part number 1395

Nudata (908-842-1161, fax 908-905-5708) part number DA1152

Thanks to Randolph Fritz for the above.

Bert N. Shure points out that Integrix sells a VGA SBUS
framebuffer, the HD15, which permits ordinary VGA monitors to be used on
Suns. Integrix also sells various SVGA framebuffers. For more
information, consult http://www.integrix.com

This and many other interesting facts about Sun Framebuffers are answered
in the Framebuffer FAQ, at one of:
http://www.uark.edu/sunfaq/FrameBuffer.html
http://bul.eecs.umich.edu/~crowej/sunfaq/FrameBuffer.html

A related FAQ by the same person is the Colormap FAQ at one of:
http://www.uark.edu/sunfaq/ColormapFAQ.html
http://bul.eecs.umich.edu/~crowej/sunfaq/ColormapFAQ.html


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