[Gllug] Sun Sparcstation - is it any use...?

[Ian Norton]

I have one of those,

Until very recently it was a perfectly good irc server at essex university, they will probably never die once you get it setup running some task or other.

Ian

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:11:22AM +0100, Dylan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a SPARCstation 5 lying around here and am wondering what to do 
> with it...
> 
> It has not floppy drive installed. On-board it has (from left to right 
> looking at the back) a socket with the broken-diamond SCSI symbol, but 
> it's smaller than any SCSI connector I've come across; two d-type like 
> sockets (one above the other) with "// / <...>" below them; an RJ45 
> with TP <...> below (which I figure is ethernet); two serial ports; 
> mini-din keyboard (will a PC keyboard work in there?); and audio jacks.
> 
> There are three add-in boards: an ISDN, and two which each have an RJ45 
> (same markings as above) and a SCSI connector.
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> What are the connectors for? Is any of them a monitor?
> 
> What might the RJ45/SCSI boards be?
> 
> How can I go about getting some variety of Linux on the box since I 
> don't know how it is currently configured?
> 
> What use could it be put to?
> 
> Any and all comments and suggestions welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dylan
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