Sun Monitors and Keyboard

[no@!spam]

Hi

I have some waht of a silly qiestion. It has been a while since I used
a SUN Sparc system..... The monitors and keyborad used on a SPARC
system, are they the same as nornal PC or are they diffrent ?

Thanks

[Anthony Mandic]

Music Man wrote:

> It depends. On newer (SunFire's) Sparc systems, you have USB keyboard,
> and standard VGA port (although I didn't try to connect PC USB keyboard
> to it). On older, there is a Sun Keyboard connector, while the video
> output depends (on some systems where is a VGA connector, on other there
> is a Creator-Card-like connector (still you can use the adapter and
> connect standard VGA monitor to it).

And on some of the rack mounted systems there's not even a port
for a keyboard let alone a graphics outlet.

-am © 2003

[Lars Tunkrans]

no@!spam wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have some waht of a silly qiestion. It has been a while since I used
> a SUN Sparc system..... The monitors and keyborad used on a SPARC
> system, are they the same as nornal PC or are they diffrent ?
>
> Thanks
>

As long as you attach a good high quality PC VGA screen
you are O.K.

I have run my 21" SAMSUNG 1100P+ monitor to both
PGX64 and Expert 3D Lite.

Dont try to use an old 800x600 SVGA monitor, it wont work !

Use a SUN Keyboard they are the same price as a normal
PC keyboard + mouse + mousepad anyway, which is what
the SUN Keyboard kit contains.



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[Anthony Mandic]

"Rev. Don Kook" wrote:

> > I have some waht of a silly qiestion. It has been a while since I used
> > a SUN Sparc system..... The monitors and keyborad used on a SPARC
> > system, are they the same as nornal PC or are they diffrent ?

>
> They are not only different than you will find on any other system (PC
> or not) they are inferior. Apparently SUN decided long ago that they
> would be the standard bearer for worthless consoles.

Good to see that you are out on parole again Donnie. And its not
surprising to find that not only can you not spec Sun keyboards
but that you are confused between what a console is and what a
keyboard is. But then, no one really expects a janitor to know
the difference. They'd be happy for you to just stop confusing
toilet paper with sandpaper.

-am © 2003