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[NMLUG] sparcstation 5
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'd think a good multi-synch would work.
If you want a real 19" sun monitor, I can give you one.
(probobally fixed-freq)
Also extra Sparc2. I think there's an old Indy
being thrown out too. Tape drives...
Again... they are still cleaning out storage at work.
> I've never tried anything like this before so any suggestions, pointers, or
> weblinks would be much appreciated.
I also have old Sun OS media, etc. if you want a few crates of it!
If you want to revive the old system, you are a bit more
on your own. Running old Sun OS can be a pain.
Many people prefer to convert old HW to linux.
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