Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 11:13:49 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: imp@village.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [jgrosch@mooseriver.com: Re: Beginning SPARC port] Message-ID: <199712140043.LAA04493@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Dec 1997 18:40:10 BST." <21442.882034810@verdi.nethelp.no>
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> > : Spot on. With an appropriate cable, any halfway-decent PC monitor will > > : handle all of the standard Sun video modes. > > > > And with the right xf86 config file, you can use a sun monitor on a pc > > As far as I know that's not true of *all* Sun monitors, because not all > Sun monitors are multisync. I believe all *recent* Sun monitors are > multisync, though. You don't need a multisync Sun monitor to use it on a PC. As Warner said, all you need is the right X configuration. Why have the monitor sync to you when you can sync to it? mike (And before you ask, yes, I have done this with Sun, HP/Apollo and other fixed-scan monitors. It works.)
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