If you can, yank the video card and then try serial console. On my 735,
it is set to console on the video card, but if you remove it, it reverts
to serial console, and as i don't have an Sync on Green monitor, thats
what i do.


On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:01:57 -0700
"Michael Wolfson" <michael@nosflow.com> wrote:

> At 11:12 AM -0400 6/21/02, you wrote:
> 
> :)The other day, I stumbled on to an HP 745 machine.  Figuring I could
> :)do "something" with it, and having the urge to dive into playing
> with a RISC:)box(and another linux machine), I stumbled on to your
> community here.:)The box itself is the prod # A2638B (if that means
> anything to anyone):)I found the pdf manual for the 700i series on
> hp.com, and deduced that it is:)the 745.  Here's the sticky part:
> :)1. I conected the vga connector to several different monitors and
> booted the:)machine - no display.
> 
> Most likely 1280x1024 at 72 Hz.  Can your monitor do that resolution?
> 
> Nifty machine.  See http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/docs/980723.pdf
> 
> Good luck,
>   -- MW
>