Subject: RE: Recent acquisition...
To: 'James Sharp' <jsharp@psychoses.org>
From: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 02/21/2002 14:33:52
> ----------
> From: 	James Sharp
> 
> > 	Well, I am the proud new owner of a Sun Ultra1 Creator machine ( p/n
> > 600-4385-01). It came with 128 MB of RAM (2 pieces - 501-2480-78431410
> and
> > 501-2480-78431417), and a Creator video card. The video card has the
> 13W3
> > connector, and looks like a 1/8" jack.
> > 	No drives included. But then again, what do you expect for $50?
> 
> $50?  Not fair :)
> 
A case of 'right newsgroup at the right time'... Combined with a guy who
didn't know too much about Suns, only Intel...

> >
> > 	Couple quick questions, and yes, I do know about SunSolve online...
> > - The info I found on the Creator card, (501-4127-061144) says the 1/8"
> jack
> > is stereo. Okay, stereo what? Sound in or out?
> 
> Stereo video.  The 1/8" jack connects to a pair of stereo shutter glasses.
> 
Really? Neat! An option I'll probably never use... :-) Granted, I can't use
the whole card at all right now, until there's a Creator 1 driver in
NetBSD...

> > - I have the Sun/Hitachi 19 inch tube. It's safe to assume that the
> Creator
> > can handle the weight, and the Hitachi can handle the video output,
> right?
> 
> The box can handle the weight, yes...and the tube should handle the video.
> 
	Good. It'll make a nice beefy looking workstation. Enough to make my
boss worry a little. 8-)

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