sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash New 20-inch Grayscale Monitor SunFLASH Vol 58 #12 November 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58.12 New 20-inch Grayscale Monitor Sun introduces a new 20-in. grayscale display capable of running at industry-standard 1280 x 1024 @ 76 Hz resolution ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC) introduces a new 20-in. grayscale monitor to replace its current 19-in. grayscale monitor. The new monitor is fully plug-compatible with the older monitor. The 19-in. grayscale monitor will begin to be removed off the price list immediately as part of this introduction. The new monitor runs at 1280 x 1024 @ 76Hz. The old 19-in. monitor did not provide this feature. There are no price changes due to this transition. The system part numbers and prices remain the same. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS --------------------- Q. What are the differences between the 19-in. grayscale monitor and the 20-in. grayscale monitor? A. The 20-in. monitor has the following advantages over the old 19-in.: 20-in. gray 19-in. gray ----------- ----------- Resolution modes 1280 x 1024 @ 76 Hz 1152 x 900 @ 76 Hz 1152 x 900 @ 76 Hz Captive video cable Yes No (more compact because the unit can sit flush to the wall) Additional controls Image size, image centering No image tilt Other than these differences, the products are identical and are fully plug compatible. Q. Is the 20-in. monitor compatible with all frame buffers? A. Yes. It will work with all current Sun frame buffers. Q. What is the impact of the captive cable on plug-compatibility? A. Like all new Sun monitors, the 20-in. grayscale has a captive cable that reduces the footprint and increases the reliability because there are fewer connection points. However, the captive cable is not compatible with the old long cables used by deskside users. There is a new 15' cable that needs to be ordered separately by server users. Q. What is the difference in image size between the 19 and 20-in. grayscale monitors? A. They are the same size, referred to as 20"(19V"). The industry refers to these as 20-in. monitors, whereas Sun has been calling it a 19-in. monitor. This nomenclature has been hurting Sun competitively, so at this time, Sun is adopting industry-standard naming conventions. The actual image size is less than 18 inches measured diagonally. AVAILABILITY ------------ The 20-in. grayscale monitor can be ordered now and has already started shipping with all systems other than SPARCclassic(TM) and SPARCstation(TM) LX(TM) systems as of September 30, 1993. The 20-in. grayscale monitor will ship with the SPARCclassic and SPARCstation LX systems starting approximately November 1, based on the existing inventory of 19-in. monitors. COLLATERAL ---------- Your Sun Rep can obtain for you: SunWIN token# 28044: Monitor Specifications for the 20-in. Grayscale Monitor U.S. PRICING AND ORDERING INFORMATION -------------------------------------- The price of the 20-in. grayscale monitor is the same as that of the previous 19-in. grayscale monitor. Therefore system prices are not affected by this monitor change. (c) 1993 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, and LX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All SPARC trademarks, including the SCD Compliant Logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. SPARCclassic and SPARCstation are licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on draco.nova.edu, ftp.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. Send brief articles (e.g. third party announcements) and include contact information (non-800#, fax #, email, etc) to: John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. +1 305 351 4909