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In <35b136d3.0@oit.umass.edu> peerbhai@lessing.oit.umass.edu (Imran Peerbhai) writes:

>Cool.  Does the IPX use a half height 5.25" scsi drive, a full size 5.25" 
>scsi drive, a 3.5" scsi drive, a 2.5" scsi drive, or some esoteric size?

Standard 3.5" SCSI drives.

>: >: > What about ethernet?
>: >: 
>: >: AUI connection. You need an external transceiver to go to 10Base-T or
>: >: 10base-2
>: 
>: There is only one type of AUI ethernet connector that I'm aware of - a
>: 15-pin 'D' connector. This is common to every hardware platform I've ever
>: worked with (as well as Sun's).

>Oh yeah, apple Computers use an esoteric AAUI connector.  It looks like a 
>small, fat USB port.  I've seen them on 6100/7100/8100, 8500, 8600, G3-220's.

>Maybe not in Australia, but here in the U.S, definately.

Ok, I've never seen that sort of AUI connector before. 8-)

>: You might be able to use an SVGA monitor if you program down the video mode.
>: I think the cg6 frame buffer will support 1024 x 768, but the vertical
>: frequency might preclude SVGA monitors from working with IPX's.

>My el cheap SVGA monitor can do 1280X1024X60hz ni.  (Mag dx 1595, hsync 
>30-65, vsync 50-120.  If that hsync range went a little higher, I could 
>do vesa 1280X1024X72Hz...  Oh well... I keep it in 800X600X80hz.  I like it.

>Will that do suns defaul vidmode?  1192X968X66 hz?  I don't know the 
>formula for converting vidmode to hsync/vsync ranges.

Sun's default is 1152 x 900 at 66 Hz. At 1280 x 1024 (which an IPX won't
do), the most common setup configures for a vertical scan rate of 67 Hz.
Most PC monitors won't do over 60 Hz at that resolution.

Check out my Sun Shack web page and you'll find a link to the Sun
framebuffer FAQ. It's got info about calculating video mode programming data
I think.

Regards,

Craig.
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