[SunHELP] Sun monitor

[Albertson, Chris]

Not all Suns have video.  Some are configured to run with no
CRT, Keyboard or mouse.  If yours has a place to plug in a
monitor then it will look like a standard DB25 connector put
with three very large size pins and about nine or ten normal
size pins.  It's pretty unmistakeable.  You can buy
adaptors so that you can use a multisync PC monitor on your
Sun. for about $35 to $50.

You can also unplug the K/B and mouse and connect a serial
ASCII terminal to the first serial port.  At boot up the
system will find the terminal.  Use a PC or mac running a terminal
emulation program if you don't have a "real" terminal.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Tomaszewski [mailto:ptomaszewski at fusiondm.com]> 
> 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?>