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I had a lot of fun restoring this hunk of junk and trying to make it work. But there is still a long ways to go. Surprisingly there really NOT a lot of informat

I had a lot of fun restoring this hunk of junk and trying to make it work. But there is still a long ways to go. Surprisingly there really NOT a lot of information out there on the Ultra 1. But do stay tuned for part 2.

spfzero 5y ago
Thanks for sharing this!
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
It saddens me to see the broken screen casing caused by careless transport. OTOH, if it still works I'd probably just use purple-blue gaffer tape to fix it, maybe even on all corners, to make it symmetric :-)
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
Uhm, are you aware of Ultra™ 1 Creator SeriesService Manual at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/802-4148-11/802-4148-11.pdf https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/802-4148-11/8... ? edit: or rather https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/ https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/
- ruptwelve 5y ago
  I am! I used it extensively while fixing some of the issues here. It is nicely documented!
feurio 5y ago
I believe that Sun (and SGI) machines using 13W3 connectors need a monitor supporting Sync-on-Green (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video_sync https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video_sync). Used to work at a place a long time ago with SGI Irix boxes connected to LCD panels; Iiyama panels supported SoG at the time and were the ones we used. Hope that helps, good luck!
- trasz 5y ago
  I distinctly remember soldering a resistor to a Sun SBUS graphics card to make it send sync-on-green to an SGI monitor (both 13W3); I think SGI used SOG, and Sun didn’t.
  - feurio 5y ago
    Ah, OK - I stand corrected.
roywashere 5y ago
I thought briefly that I would not bother with VGA but use an X Server on a remote system to enjoy the Ultra. However then you would not be able to use the keyboard, which probably is half the fun? And does it have an optical mouse? I used to have a Sun 3/60 at the end of the 90 gifted to me. It had a huge 21" black&white screen, and an optical mouse with two mouse pads with different grids, so you could pick the one you want for your preferred scroll speed.

spfzero 5y ago

Thanks for sharing this!

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago

It saddens me to see the broken screen casing caused by careless transport. OTOH, if it still works I'd probably just use purple-blue gaffer tape to fix it, maybe even on all corners, to make it symmetric :-)

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago

Uhm, are you aware of Ultra™ 1 Creator SeriesService Manual at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/802-4148-11/802-4148-11.pdf https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/802-4148-11/8... ? edit: or rather https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/ https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/ultra1.ws/

ruptwelve 5y ago
I am! I used it extensively while fixing some of the issues here. It is nicely documented!

feurio 5y ago

I believe that Sun (and SGI) machines using 13W3 connectors need a monitor supporting Sync-on-Green (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video_sync https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video_sync). Used to work at a place a long time ago with SGI Irix boxes connected to LCD panels; Iiyama panels supported SoG at the time and were the ones we used. Hope that helps, good luck!

trasz 5y ago
I distinctly remember soldering a resistor to a Sun SBUS graphics card to make it send sync-on-green to an SGI monitor (both 13W3); I think SGI used SOG, and Sun didn’t.
- feurio 5y ago
  Ah, OK - I stand corrected.

roywashere 5y ago

I thought briefly that I would not bother with VGA but use an X Server on a remote system to enjoy the Ultra. However then you would not be able to use the keyboard, which probably is half the fun? And does it have an optical mouse? I used to have a Sun 3/60 at the end of the 90 gifted to me. It had a huge 21" black&white screen, and an optical mouse with two mouse pads with different grids, so you could pick the one you want for your preferred scroll speed.