Re: Looking for a Voyager display

Thorsten Nitsch wrote:
> Alan Perry wrote:
>> I have a SPARCstation Voyager with a dead display.  Does anyone here 
>> have a Voyager with a working display but otherwise dead?
> No, unfortunately my dead Voyager has a dead display too.
The problem with mine is the tube that illuminate the LCD panel.  I had 
an OEM part number for just the light tubes and reflector, but, when I 
looked into ordering one last year, the cost was too much (almost $400).

I have booted the system using a serial port console and everything else 
seems fine.
> The reason I'm answering is, that I was thinking about replacing the 
> dead display with a generic display from some sort of electronic stuff 
> vendor (eg. Pollin in Germany). I've seen some fairly cheap (around 
> 10€ (15$ more or less)) DSTN displays and was thinking if it's 
> possible to use those as a replacement.
> Anyone out there who ever tried this?
This should be possible, but I haven't tried it.

alan