I'm looking for a flat panel LCD display for an Ultra 5. What would be a
good, non-Sun inexpensive display around 17"?

Thanks.
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In article <11764f2rl4n3h16@corp.supernews.com>, <rmk@rmkhome.com> wrote:
>I'm looking for a flat panel LCD display for an Ultra 5. What would be a
>good, non-Sun inexpensive display around 17"?

I've got one on my wife's machine. I got it at MicroCenter. It
was on sale through the month of April for $299.99 (after the rebates,
-- two of $30.00 each, so you are out of pocket $359.99 at first.

It is the Acer 17".


You will need to configure the framebuffer to the proper
resolution for the screen, as it does not handle 1152x900 gracefully.
(I had pre-configured this framebuffer, so I don't know whether it
recognized the defaults of the monitor or not.

The command which you will need is:

m64config -res 1280x1024x76

And -- if you have sufficient memory in the system (this one
does not -- until an already-won ebay auction delivers some additional),
you will also want to add this:

-depth 24 to the m64config command.

And you will probably need to do it form the command-line login
before you allow X11 to restart.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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rmk@toad.rmkhome.com wrote:
> I'm looking for a flat panel LCD display for an Ultra 5. What would be a
> good, non-Sun inexpensive display around 17"?
>
> Thanks.

I'd suspect that you already know that your Ultra 5 has a 13w3 video
connection, versus the 15-pin that you are about to buy. You'll need a
converter.

I got mine at http://www.ultraspec.com/ and run a Samsung 17" LCD from it.

Rob

Robert Mazur wrote:
> rmk@toad.rmkhome.com wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a flat panel LCD display for an Ultra 5. What would be a
>> good, non-Sun inexpensive display around 17"?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
> I'd suspect that you already know that your Ultra 5 has a 13w3 video
> connection, versus the 15-pin that you are about to buy. You'll need a
> converter.
>
> I got mine at http://www.ultraspec.com/ and run a Samsung 17" LCD from it.
>
> Rob

The Ultra5 has HD15 video.

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Coy Hile wrote:
> Robert Mazur wrote:
>
>> rmk@toad.rmkhome.com wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for a flat panel LCD display for an Ultra 5. What would be a
>>> good, non-Sun inexpensive display around 17"?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd suspect that you already know that your Ultra 5 has a 13w3 video
>> connection, versus the 15-pin that you are about to buy. You'll need
>> a converter.
>>
>> I got mine at http://www.ultraspec.com/ and run a Samsung 17" LCD from
>> it.
>>
>> Rob
>
>
> The Ultra5 has HD15 video.
>

Oh shoot....my mistake. I was thinking of my Ultra 60. Sorry for the
error.

Rob

DoN. Nichols <dnichols@d-and-d.com> wrote:

: I've got one on my wife's machine. I got it at MicroCenter. It
:was on sale through the month of April for $299.99 (after the rebates,
:-- two of $30.00 each, so you are out of pocket $359.99 at first.

Cool. It just so happens that I'm about to upgrade my wife's machine from
an Ultra 1 200E to an Ultra 5. She wants a flat monitor. :-)
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Robert Mazur <nospam@notmydomain.com> wrote:

:I'd suspect that you already know that your Ultra 5 has a 13w3 video
:connection, versus the 15-pin that you are about to buy. You'll need a
:converter.

My Ultra 5 boxes have 15 pin video.
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In article <d5634j$4di@dispatch.concentric.net>,
Robert Mazur <nospam@notmydomain.com> wrote:
>rmk@toad.rmkhome.com wrote:
>> I'm looking for a flat panel LCD display for an Ultra 5. What would be a
>> good, non-Sun inexpensive display around 17"?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>I'd suspect that you already know that your Ultra 5 has a 13w3 video
>connection, versus the 15-pin that you are about to buy. You'll need a
>converter.

I don't know about *his* Ultra-5, but mine had the 15-pin, and I
need a converter to use the 13W3 connector instead. (I have them, so
that is no problem.) I *do* have to use a converter to use a 19" KDS LCD
monitor on my Ultra-2 with Creator-3D framebuffer.

>I got mine at http://www.ultraspec.com/ and run a Samsung 17" LCD from it.

I'm interested to know where you got an Ultra-5 with a 13W3
framebuffer connector. Are you perhaps thinking of a SS-5 instead?
That does use the 13W3, and that was my wife's previous machine.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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* DoN Nichols wrote:

> I'm interested to know where you got an Ultra-5 with a 13W3
> framebuffer connector. Are you perhaps thinking of a SS-5 instead?
> That does use the 13W3, and that was my wife's previous machine.

Dunno about ultra 5, but 10s came with various video options, some of
which had 13W3.

--tim

DoN. Nichols wrote:
> In article <d5634j$4di@dispatch.concentric.net>,
> I'm interested to know where you got an Ultra-5 with a 13W3
> framebuffer connector. Are you perhaps thinking of a SS-5 instead?
> That does use the 13W3, and that was my wife's previous machine.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
>

Sorry for the confusion. I mentioned higher up in the thread I was
thinking of my Ultra 60 when I posted that comment.

My Ultra 5 does indeed have 15-pin, as you guys have pointed out
regarding your boxes. The converter I bought, and cited the web source
for, was used for my Ultra 60.

Again, sorry for the slip-up.
Rob