From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 13 16:50:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA01495 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:50:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA01445 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:50:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04493; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 11:13:50 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712140043.LAA04493@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: sthaug@nethelp.no cc: imp@village.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [jgrosch@mooseriver.com: Re: Beginning SPARC port] In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Dec 1997 18:40:10 BST." <21442.882034810@verdi.nethelp.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 11:13:49 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > : 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.)