From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 11 11:15:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D52616A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:15:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fep4.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48AA43D45 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:15:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul.murphy@cogeco.ca) Received: from earth.upton.net (d141-23-108.home.cgocable.net [24.141.23.108]) by fep4.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 85A992FEC; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:14:51 -0400 From: Paul Murphy To: Daniel Eischen Message-Id: <20040611071451.00858117@earth.upton.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Fri__11_Jun_2004_07_14_51_-0400_.I3p=4gRUUMAL0S5" cc: Brad Knowles cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: for dutch FreeBSD hackers wanting to get SUN hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:15:16 -0000 --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 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--