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[NMLUG] sparcstation 5
I've personally found Sparc linux to be lacking. We run some solaris here but
I'm really not into Solaris *at all*, it consistantly disappoints me because
it's a commercial distro. This is ofcourse only my opinon, you ought to try it
out and see what you think. The sparc you have will likely run a desktop os
like a pc would but it will feel sluggish. You gotta figure that hardware is
probably > 6-7 years old. Long live ancient sun hardware!!!! :-)
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 03:48:15PM -0700, Tim Emerick wrote:
> 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)
>
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James Hamilton
Southwest Cyberport
http://www.swcp.com
505-232-7992
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