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Hello,

On Feb 26, 2007, at 19:56, jonathan michaels wrote:

> i'm new to sparc/sparc64 (i got a couple of ipc's and sun ultra 1
> creator3d and a ultra 60 a ss20 sun netra i) and 2 sun gdm-20e20
> monitors.
>
> can i use netbsd on thes machines and those machines in console mode
> with the gdm-20e20 (is this the same as a gdm-17e20 .. sorry not sure
> about that one i know it is a 17 inch screen and its similar to teh 20
> inch version and that both are compatible with ibm vga signals.

Yes. NetBSD should work on all those machines. Not sure about the state 
of SMP on sparc64 though, I think it will still use only one CPU on the 
U60. SMP on the SS20 should just work.

> can i sue these with wsconsole ?

The Ultras - yes.
I don't know what kind of graphics hardware the ipc has, if it's a cg6 
then the answer is yes.
The SS20's onboard framebuffer has no wscons driver yet so you're stuck 
with the traditional console or you can use a cg6.

> and if i can get xwindows running on teh sun ultra 1 creator3d, these 
> have 256 mb or 512 mb dram.
> the ultra 60 has 2 gb dram and 9 gb scsi2 hdd

Yes. Sparc64 comes with XFree86 and support for ffb.

>> In the world of CRT displays there's nothing easier on the eyes than a
>> nice paper-white high-resolution long-persistence phosphor (zero
>> flicker) monitor.
>
> yes, i have a 21 inch eizo flexscan 6500 would it be possible to
> connect the eizo to any of teh sun machines ??? it has 5 bnc posts for
> the signal input, is it possible to get those 13w3 to bnc style cables
> or is there some sort of a "genderbender" plug with 13w3 on one side
> and hd15 on teh other (to fit into ibm vga socket)

I use a bunch of Dell and Sony 17" monitors on various Suns, 13W3->VGA 
adaptors went for about $10 on ebay last time I checked.

have fun
Michael
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