Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:31:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: for dutch FreeBSD hackers wanting to get SUN hardware Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10406110629340.19056-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <p06002023bcef357ec208@[10.0.1.3]>
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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.
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