Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:12:39 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Paul Murphy <paul.murphy@cogeco.ca> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: for dutch FreeBSD hackers wanting to get SUN hardware Message-ID: <p06002023bcef357ec208@[10.0.1.3]> In-Reply-To: <20040611060018.722726a5@earth.upton.net> References: <20040611074236.GA28983@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <p06002021bcef19ce44f7@[10.0.1.3]> <20040611060018.722726a5@earth.upton.net>
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At 6:00 AM -0400 2004-06-11, Paul Murphy wrote:
> I almost bought a Sun workstation a a computer show but could not see
> if a regular (PC) monitor would plug in to a Sun. They were selling Sun
> monitors at the table but they were more than I was willing to spend on
> 'experimental' computer equipment.
>
> So my question is: will PC peripherals attach to a Sun box?
Depends on the box. For UltraSPARC 5s, the answer is most
definitely yes -- Sun built them with mostly standard PC components,
including VGA output, PCI card slots, IDE hard drives & CD-ROM
drives, DIMM slots, PS/2 keyboard & mouse connectors, etc.... About
the only non-PC standard component was the CPU.
For older Suns, the answer is probably no. For
bigger/faster/newer UltraSPARC boxes, the answer is maybe.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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