[wplug] Installfest: SPARCstation IPX

[Zach]

On 8/8/07, Drew from Zhrodague <drew at zhrodague.net> wrote:
>
>         Suns, in general, ouput their console to the framebuffer if the
> keyboard is plugged in. It does have a text mode, but these machines
> assume a fixed-frequency monitor, unless you plug-in a decent multisync
> (anything after 1998, really) monitor.

So I can plugin any VGA PC monitor made after 1998 and it will work?
On the flip side how do you get a Sun monitor to work with a PC?

>         Otherwise, you'll need a Sun/Mac modem cable to see the output
> from the serial port.

Where do I get such a cable and how much will it cost?

Zach