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CNC Trinitron computer monitor hack
Hey all, thought this was kinda cool so I posted it here.
About 10 years ago, one of our CNC grinders VGA monitors went up in smoke. So its a 14" and I was trying to find a suitable replacement to fit into the wire frame of the cabinet. So I happen to come across a 14" early 1990's Sony VGA computer monitor. So I hacked the cabinet apart and retrofitted the CRT and mainboard into this thing. And the picture quality is very impressive to this day! Way better than the Tatung crap they put in this machine to begin with. The only obsticle I had to overcome was the flatness of the sides of the CRT. So I fitted in some grey foam. Similar to what they used as a filler between the CRT and plastic frame of the panel to begin with. The neck of the Trinitron CRT was like 1.5" longer and it just barely fits in the cabinet with the back access door closed. But this Trinitron CRT has been Guess it has to say something about Trinitron quality. The CRT has been run hard for 10 years or more now and never shut off and it's still impressive! Running at 640x480 resolution. Just thought id share this. lol http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...19u6/anca1.jpg On the other hand the other machine you see here has been through 3 monitors, and this 3rd one looks horrible now. Retrace lines, shrinking horiz, vertical foldover.. http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...19u6/anca2.jpg BTW if you notice I affixed the SONY label onto the panel and painted it black to match. lol
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Nice hack!
It looks like the CNC machine runs OS/2, if I'm not mistaken. |
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Actually it runs a version of unix called qnx.
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Hmm, I knew QNX was a real time OS made by RIM that was unix like, didn't know they actually had a unix version of it.
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It is qnx. Just an early version of what RIM uses on thier blackberry products.
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I'm not doubting it's QNX, I believe you.
It's just I think it's Unix "like", but not really Unix. It's missing a lot of what makes Unix, even Unix. |
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Very true. I've been I. And out of this system and have learned great knowledge of it over the years. Actually I worked for ANCA in Michigan for a while and learned more abou it then. Mainly software updates and system mods. The such.
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We ran into the same stuff end of the 90s-early Aughts when a bunch of the '80s swoopy-hi-tech gizmos' super-duper monitors started bitin' the dust...Big Fun tryin' to find parts for a 15-yr old obsolete "Dedicated" monitor-And a lot of the places we'd bought the stuff from originally had thoughtfully added their own little "Tweaks" so you had to go back to them & buy one at 4-5X the price of a std monitor...An' don't even get me started on Your-A-Peein' stuff...Funky voltages, different scan systems, parts originally sourced from Outer Baluchistan...We had a lot of Swiss & German stuff, & yeah, it IS built somewhat better than our stuff is...And as long as you spend half your production time cleaning & maintaining it like the Krauts or Cheesemeisters do, it prolly won't break down...But if you run it in a "Bop Til You Drop" mode like we did, it WILL take a giant, smelly Crap...And may God have mercy on yr Soul then, boy, if you were the Purchasing Agent who was responsible for keepin' that fancy-pants shyte rollin'...Your-A-Peein's-ESPECIALLY Der Schwiss, DON'T understand the American concept of "Get-R-Done-YESTERDAY, Dammitt !"...And the whole continent of Yoorup goes on Vacation in the summertime...All the Krauts go to France, all the Froggies hop to Der Fodderland..Der Schviss go to the Riviera or Sicily...Rotsa Ruck tryin' to prize a 20 yr old part outta 'em THEN...You'd get to talk to the Assistant Parts Manager, who normally operates the Broom Closet.. Glad THAT part of my life is behind me...(grin)
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Sandy G:
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Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Tung! I used to deal with the industrial Tatung monitors in the slot machine biz back in Nevada. They would run 24/7 for years at a time 'till the CRTs were absolutely DONE. All the electrolytics were dried up. Yep, all of them, and the casinos would still want the monitors "repaired." When those would come in we'd say, "Looks like we've been Tatung'd!"
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A friend there summed it as "A standard issue job at a typical company that made a boring product".
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I worked in a gravure printing plant. We had several 8 color presses-Each "Press" was actually 8 individual single-color presses ganged together, w/a common driveline. Keeping the 8 color jobs in perfect registration-Where all the colors lined up EXACTLY, w/NO over or underlap, was a continual fight. We had ancient machinery, a building that was built circa WW1, & were trying to do this w/1940s-'50s technology. In the eighties, several companies came out w/microprocessor control registration systems that, when they were working PROPERLY, were The Bee's Knees. But after age, wear, etc were factored in, you rarely got "Nirvana" anymore. Management oversold the system's capabilities, & that was also when "Quality" became such a God, as did God's younger brother, Cost Reduction...Our customers wanted more & more for less & less, & each generation of new electronic gizmotrons became more & more complicated & expensive. My company had a proud tradition of NEVER telling a customer No, & we ultimately ended up being squeezed out of business by monopolistic suppliers & equally monopolistic customers. We basically had about 5 or 6 customers, & were only allowed to buy from one or 2 suppliers of each different kind of paper & ink...Ours was an EXTREMELY specialised business...
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If the RIM BB OS is derived from UNIX, no wonder RIM is so close to being RIP!
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