[Sunhelp] A Newbies Questions

Barnett-Lewis, William william.barnett.lewis at seb.state.wi.us
Mon Mar 13 12:30:15 CST 2000


I was recently given an IPX that I'm in the process of getting on line and I
have a couple of questions regarding bits and pieces for it.

1) It came with SunOS 4.1.1 w/ IPX supplement of QIC tape. The machine only
has a CD. Was this version released on CD and would it be available
anywhere. (I have gotten Solaris 7 from Sun, but I'm an OS junkie and would
like to keep this version available.)

2) I've ordered a 13w3 to SVGA adapter. What are the specs I should look for
in a used PC monitor when I go shopping for one? As near as I can tell from
the Framebuffer FAQ, the IPX should be able to do 1152x900 at 66hz.but not
much else. Are there brands that work better than others?

3) I've noted in several places a couple of add ons that I wonder if are
available at all and if they are if they are worth it- 
Weitek Powerup 
A 64mb Ram expansion s-bus card
Parallel Printer s-bus card - the question is, can it drive normal parallel
printers or did Sun have anything special that they did with their printers?

Thanks for any help you can give.

William

 






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