[NMLUG] sparcstation 5

[timothyemerick at yahoo.com (Tim Emerick)]

Thanks for the idea about the monitor.  I had just plugged it into one of the
standard 17" monitors I had laying around.  I'm going to try to haul the
monstrous 19"-70 pound sun monitor from upstairs and try hooking it up.

Lastly, I couldn't figure where to plug the mouse in as there was only one
ps2 looking port on the back.  Turns out the mouse plugs directly into the
sun keyboard.  Now ain't that nice.

Lastly, it is a sparcstation 5 as opposed to the ultra5 (according to the
screened label on the front of it).

James, with your familiarity of my hardware, is my project feasible with this
equipment?  Enough HD/RAM/Processor??? (see my original post for what I
intend to do with it)




--- James Hamilton <jamesh@swcp.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure if you're saying it's an ultra 5 or a sparcstation 5 but you
> don't need a monitor to get it rolling.  There should be a serial port on
> the
> back.  If the serial port is round us a mac modem cable with a null modem
> adaptor attached.  If it's the regular db9 you can use just a null. 
> Generally
> they will talk to a terminal program at 9600 8n1 no flow control.
> 
> Debian runs on these guys, I've in the past (I recently took it down) I had
> debian operating my cvs on a SS10.  You can have it do a netboot to install
> the system (which is how I perfer).  
> 
> If you end up plugging a monitor into it you'll need a decent monitor as it
> displays 1152x864 (as I recall from mine) as the default resolution.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 12:02:17PM -0700, Tim Emerick wrote:
> > Hey Gang.  
> > 
> > I've obtained a Sun SparcStation5 with 5 sun thin clients.  It has a 2GB
> > drive and probably 128m ram.  Also has an external SCSI tower with 5 CD
> > drives in it.  It's former life was an automotive parts catalog system.
> > 
> > I would like to turn this into something that my kids and their friends
> could
> > come over to do homework/research together.  Browse the web, OOo,printing
> > support, etc.
> > 
> > I tried to fire it up today but no luck.  I don't know if I need a
> particular
> > monitor for the server machine but my standard testing 17" monitor didn't
> > give me much luck.  I WAS able to get the thin clients up but of course
> they
> > couldn't do anything without a TFTP server.
> > 
> > I've never tried anything like this before so any suggestions, pointers,
> or
> > weblinks would be much appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!!!!
> > 
> > 
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