[ale] pls sanity check my article

Michael Barker mbarker68 at home.com
Mon Jul 16 09:44:38 EDT 2001


I'm interested in more hard drive for my sparc one.  Can you point me to
or send me some info?

Michael

Julian Powell wrote:
> 
> Joe
> 
> I have a couple Sparc 10's, a 20" Sun monitor and some misc Sun equip at
> my shop.  Don't think you can adapt the video to a standard RGB
> monitor.  I also have the AIU/RJ45 transcievers - Allied Telesys 210T.
> Contact me directly to to talk about pricing - you can check this stuff
> out at my shop to make sure you know what config you are getting.
> 
> thanks
> Julian Powell
> 404-876-0163
> www.zentech.org
> 
> > Wow, they are dirt cheap. I'm really interested in the possibility
> > of moving my firewall to a Sparc, running Linux or OBSD, but I
> > have a couple of questions:
> >
> > What additional hardware would one need in order to get one of these
> > puppies on the network? They have AUI ports on them for Ethernet;
> > are the widgets that convert AUI to RJ45 just adapters, or are
> > they actual transceivers for which you need appropriate drivers,
> > etc?
> >
> > Do all Sparc 2s have two Ethernet ports? The descriptions on
> > eBay often leave a lot to be desired.
> >
> > Is there a way to convert the Sun video output to use a
> > regular RGB monitor?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- Joe
> >
> > -- Joe Knapka
> > "You know how many remote castles there are along the gorges? You
> >  can't MOVE for remote castles!" -- Lu Tze re. Uberwald
> > // Linux MM Documentation in progress:
> > // http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html
> > * Evolution is an "unproven theory" in the same sense that gravity is. *
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