[SunHELP] Sun monitor

[Steve Wingate]

Peter Tomaszewski wrote:

> Hello-
> I have 2 Sun Ultra Enterprise 1 machines that I can use to start teaching
> myself Solaris on.  I am very familiar with PC's and their form factors but
> I know nothing about Unix and Solaris boxes.  I don't have a monitor for
> these boxes.  First what type of monitor do I need and where does it plug in
> on the back of the box?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Peter J. Tomaszewski
> Sr. Network Administrator
> FusionDM
> 355 Fremont Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> 415-229-2818
>
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Depends. The old Sun video ports are wide like a parallel port, with a couple
of strange holes in the middle. You need a Sun monitor likely. You can find
them on ebay but they're heavy as hell and expensive to ship. Newer Suns take a
PC monitor.