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Old 01-16-2008, 10:00 AM
Richard B. Gilbert
 
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Default Re: Question about Ultra 5 station

indyszeto wrote:

>indyszeto 寫道:
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>>Hi,
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>>I'm a newbie to Sun H/W & S/W. Recently I found some cheap 2nd hand Sun
>>Ultra 5 stations available in my city (CPU, RAM, CD drive available but
>>no HD). I want to buy one for use. I read some common configuration at
>>HP that the station uses EIDE HD. Does it mean that I can use EIDE HD
>>commonly used for PC ? Also, HP site said that the standard OS bundled
>>with this station is Solaris 7. Will it cause problem (e.g.
>>performance) if I install Solaris 10 on it ?
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>>Hope the questions won't be too naive for you.
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>>:>
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>Besides, I'd read the Ultra 5's white paper from below link
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>http://www.filibeto.org/sun/lib/hard...arch052001.pdf
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>I would like to ask if I don't use Sun monitor as display, any other
>model of 17" monitors are good choice ? I mean those 2nd hand model 17"
>monitors.
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I've successfully used a couple of different PC monitors with Sun Ultra
5s and 10s. You'll want a monitor that will do 1024x768x75 and perhaps
1280x1024x75 as well. Lower resolutions; e.g 640x480 and 800x600 are
available but I doubt that you will find them satisfactory.
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