[rescue] Head for a SparcStation 2

Tue Aug 16 23:16:36 CDT 2005

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 23:54, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 10:29:02PM -0400, John Lee wrote:
> > On 8/16/05, Bryan Gurney <arb_npx42 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > First off, all the Sun 13W3 framebuffers output composite sync, and also,
> > > the default mode for them is a goofy one: 1152x900 at 66 Hz.
> > 
> > Boo. :-( The LCD is separate sync only. It does support 1152x867 at 60Hz,
> > though. Prospects don't look good. I do have a 21" CRT here that will
> > work, though. Or, maybe I could just get some cheap Sony Trinitron
Heresy, I know, but dumping the SS2 and getting an Ultra 5 with VGA output would solve all the connect-to-LCD problems. 

And a 64MB RAM, 270Mhz U5 can't be used for much more than an SS2 anyways :-)

--Patrick