Sony PVM-2030: About to buy one, made in 1989 - Need Your Opinions Please!

[c0dehunter]

Hello all,
I just found a Sony PVM-2030 which is made in 1989 and sells for $80 US. I am hoping to connect it to my modern PC, via a custom made cable (25pin to 15pin VGA), using Soft15Khz to run MAME and other emulators. (currently I am using my Commodore 1084S-D1 for this purpose, and it looks great!)

I have the following questions:

1) How good these monitors are? I have heard they are even better than 1084s, is that true?   

2) Did Sony made these in late 90s as well? In other words, since it is made in 1989, I hope it is not too old, since I have heard that they go bad when they get old (unlike 1084s I guess) In other words, should I wait to see if I can find one made in late 90s? Or should I grab this?

3) I would really appreciate any diagram, pinout, VGA to 25pin schematics, etc. so I can connect it to my modern PC and run MAME via Soft15KHz please!

Here are some screen-shot of the monitor:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48901682@N02/7584295744/#in/photostream/lightbox/

I would really appreciates your thoughts, concerns and comments on this!

Thanks in advance!