Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:14:51 -0400 From: Paul Murphy <paul.murphy@cogeco.ca> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: for dutch FreeBSD hackers wanting to get SUN hardware Message-ID: <20040611071451.00858117@earth.upton.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10406110629340.19056-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> References: <p06002023bcef357ec208@[10.0.1.3]> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10406110629340.19056-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com>
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--Signature=_Fri__11_Jun_2004_07_14_51_-0400_.I3p=4gRUUMAL0S5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:31:39 -0400 (EDT) Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Brad Knowles wrote: > > > 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. > > You can get adapters that convert from vga to sun video, and > from sun keyboard/mouse to PS/2 keyboard mouse. Raritan > (www.raritan.com) makes them, and can probably get cheaper > alternatives elsewhere. > > > (Note: Sylpheed crashed when I sent my last reply so if this a duplicate I beg your pardon) I am glad now that I thought twice about buying the Sun box. I was definitely and older (used) machine. With these comments in mind I will be seriously temped to buy one at the next Compufest just for the fun of getting FreeBSD up an running. -- Cogeco ergo sum --Signature=_Fri__11_Jun_2004_07_14_51_-0400_.I3p=4gRUUMAL0S5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAyZQx2Ev+mfbss0wRAnooAKCuBaxZQ5zZuR1dmRXCZBzWmywyhgCgwcIc YTbZgntD5/c1gFVWc/W1zNM= =fFrt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Fri__11_Jun_2004_07_14_51_-0400_.I3p=4gRUUMAL0S5--
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