From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 13 13:57:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.svr.pol.co.uk (mail2.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.193.210]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563B74136 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:57:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from modem-71.passer-angel.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.137.47.71] helo=lungfish.freeserve.co.uk) by mail2.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 12K70y-0007sE-00; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:57:12 +0000 Received: (from scott@localhost) by lungfish.freeserve.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01053; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:19:03 GMT (envelope-from scott) Message-ID: <20000213141903.01269@lungfish.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:19:03 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Guan Yang , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ot] SPARCstation with PC monitor? References: <38A689B5.3C471A68@softhome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <38A689B5.3C471A68@softhome.net>; from Guan Yang on Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 11:38:45AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 11:38:45AM +0100, Guan Yang wrote: > I am considering purchasing a SPARCstation 10, just for the fun of it, > but I know absolutely nothing about Sun hardware. > > So: Can I attach a normal PC monitor to such a beast? Yes, if the monitor supports whatever resolution/scan rate the Sun put out. A lot of the older ones used weird (fixed) resolutions; the SS10 might be a bit more sensible. You'll also need an adapter to convert from the Sun 13W3 video connector to SVGA. Anyplace that specialises in cables 'n' connectors should be able to round one of those up. A good place to start for questions like this would be www.sunhelp.com. I trust you're going to install some kind of BSD on this beast? Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" s.mitchell@computer.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message