[Gllug] Sun Sparc station 20

[Robert Wood]

Ok I may get it now. :)

What sort of money am I looking for for a monitor for it? Or can I get
an adapter to use an old 17" monitor I have spare?

Robert Wood [Data Centre Support Technician]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk 
> [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behalf Of Neil Levine
> Sent: 22 July 2001 00:38
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Sun Sparc station 20
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 12:31:16AM +0100, Robert Wood a ecrit: 
> > I have the chance on getting the following for like next to 
> nothing, 
> > and I was wondering if this machine is any good as a linux box, and 
> > how easy is it gonna be to istall on, (i.e. hardware compatibility, 
> > etc)
> > 
> > I used to use the old sparc 5 boxes at university, and I 
> liked them, 
> > but they were rather sluggish, is the sparc20 any better?
> 
> I am running Debian on a Sparc 5 as my main home machine. 
> Yeah its not a speed demon and the 8bit graphics card means 
> you can kiss goodbye to your fancy gradient menu bars in 
> X...but its been ultra reliable and runs everything that my 
> i386 boxes can.
> 
> Neil
> 
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