SPARC 5, disks, and video

[Anthony J. Gabrielson]

The sparc can support a drive larger than 1gig.  I have a couple of fours
in mine.  You will need to check your ID's you may need to put the root
drive on ID 3 instead of ID 0.
Check out the MIT flea market for a sun monitor.

Hope thats a help,
Anthony

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Scott Ehrlich wrote:

> Hello to all:
> 
> I have SPARC 5 I wish to make usable again.   I have SunOS 4.1.4 and
> Solaris 7, both on CD.   The system also has a 1 Gig drive.   I have a
> Dell monitor and VGA <-> Sun adapter, but the frequency demands of the
> Sparc are out off range for the Dell to handle (yet the monitor is only a
> few years old).
> 
> So, I have a few choices:
> 
> - Change my monitor to a Sun-compliant one and get converters for my
> Intel-based system
> 
> - Get a fancier converter for my existing monitor to handle the frequency
> requirements of the Sparc
> 
> - Go console via the serial port
> 
> 
> Well, the first option might be a bit pricey.  The second option seems
> reasonable.  Who sells a box to do this?   The third was tried, and was
> successful, but I cannot get a console signal now.  I'd still prefer true
> video from the source if I can help it.
> 
> Also, can the SPARC support a larger drive than the 1 Gig?  If so, I'd
> love to get a 10 Gig drive or something similar so I can install the full
> version of the CD onto it.  
> 
> Any leads on places to get a better VGA <-> Sun video converter and for a
> cheap larger SCSI drive (internal is preferred) would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Scott
> 
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