[rescue] 386BSD
linc
rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Aug 28 09:54:43 CDT 2001
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > Monitors and Terminals are two completely different things. Monitors hook
> > directly to your frame buffer (video card) and are driven by
> > such. Terminals connect (usually) to a serial port of some sort (MMJ,
> > DB25, DB9, etc).
>
> bzzzzzt. wrong answer. thanks for playing though, you were almost today's
> winner.
>
> i don't think you've ever seen a vt240 linc. they are monitor-less pizzabox
> machines and use the same video connector as the 3100/Rainbow/etc to get a
> tube hooked up to them.
>
> i forget though, does it use the monitor cable with the built-in keyboard and
> mouse connector? of the db15-3bnc only and the keyboard connector is on the
> machine?
>
> -brian
So what you're trying to say Brian is that Monitors and Terminals are the
same thing? That you can hook a terminal up to your frame buffer? Read
again the top few lines that I posted... :-)
Bzzzzzt yourself! :-)
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