<![CDATA[Is there any particular brand or model of (reasonably) modern LCD monitor that works well with various 80s &amp; 90s workstations?]]>Is there any particular brand or model of (reasonably) modern LCD monitor that works well with various 80s & 90s workstations? (Concerned mostly with Sun, SGI & DEC (VAXstation & Alpha)).

Something with actual RGB / RGBS bnc connectors, in addition to VGA, would be swell.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/1003f65b-aaa1-4b2d-8c31-1771e16b01d4/is-there-any-particular-brand-or-model-of-reasonably-modern-lcd-monitor-that-works-well-with-various-80s-amp-90s-workstationsRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:50:46 GMTFri, 01 May 2026 04:50:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Is there any particular brand or model of (reasonably) modern LCD monitor that works well with various 80s &amp; 90s workstations? on Fri, 01 May 2026 06:56:44 GMT]]>@davefischer that’s a real hard one. the closest is still going to require converters as nothing like the Trinitron/DiamondTron multisyncs exist. The Dell 2407WFP-HC will handle SGI’s sync on green but you’d need a scaler / converter cables for all the oddball 54–69 kHz and 13W3 connectors.

If you want to just use any flat panel you like, scaler/converters rats nest will get you. the gbs-control could do a lot and is customizable as are the retrotink converters. Extron makes boxes that’ll cover a lot of the converting to hdmi but will still require cables. They’re reasonably priced if you find em used. eBay has a lot of those DIP-switch 13W3 adapters.

do industrial / business class plasma TVs count? NEC PlasmaSync, Pioneer and Panasonic have BNC inputs but don’t do sync on green.

sorry for the writing in bed on a phone crap editing.

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Right. That would handle (convert?) weird resolutions and frequencies as well as older connectors?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116497541699341909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116497541699341909Fri, 01 May 2026 04:56:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is there any particular brand or model of (reasonably) modern LCD monitor that works well with various 80s &amp; 90s workstations? on Fri, 01 May 2026 04:55:06 GMT]]>@davefischer Any particular reason you don't just use one of these active converter cables?

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