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In aus.computers.sun Silent Bob <sbob@nospame.here.ruralnet.net.au> wrote:


: I've got a spark station terminal (says spark station ELC on the
: front), 

its sparc!! :P

: that I'd really like to convert to be able to use as an svga
: monitor for my PC.

ahuh

: Is it posible to convert these over? (All the goodies have been
: removed from the rear compartment, leaving me with only the screen +
: casing)
: Or am I better off just throwing the whole thing away?

pure madness, i wouldnt even do this so i could say ive done it, its a questionably viable thing to do on the larger and
nicer 19" & 20" sonys but on something like this its not ven worth looking at

till 

On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:47:42 GMT, sbob@nospame.here.ruralnet.net.au
(Silent Bob) wrote:

>
>
>I've got a spark station terminal (says spark station ELC on the
>front), that I'd really like to convert to be able to use as an svga
>monitor for my PC.
>Is it posible to convert these over? (All the goodies have been
>removed from the rear compartment, leaving me with only the screen +
>casing)
>Or am I better off just throwing the whole thing away?
>
>

If you run UNIX (perhaps on another box)  you can download the XKernel
package ( http://www2.gol.com/users/gaijin/Linux/ )  and use it as an
X terminal.  Check that the ELC has 12 megs of RAM, and a kb/mouse.
AFAIK that's as close as you're going to get.

cboyd@dbx0001.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:47:42 GMT, sbob@nospame.here.ruralnet.net.au
> (Silent Bob) wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >I've got a spark station terminal (says spark station ELC on the
> >front), that I'd really like to convert to be able to use as an svga
> >monitor for my PC.
> >Is it posible to convert these over? (All the goodies have been
> >removed from the rear compartment, leaving me with only the screen +
> >casing)
> >Or am I better off just throwing the whole thing away?
> >
> >
> 
> If you run UNIX (perhaps on another box)  you can download the XKernel
> package ( http://www2.gol.com/users/gaijin/Linux/ )  and use it as an
> X terminal.  Check that the ELC has 12 megs of RAM, and a kb/mouse.
> AFAIK that's as close as you're going to get.

Except he's already said the "goodies" have been removed from the 
rear compartment, i.e. there's no longer a CPU.

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 00:22:50 -0500, cjt&trefoil <cheljuba@prodigy.net>
wrote:

>cboyd@dbx0001.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
>> 
>> On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:47:42 GMT, sbob@nospame.here.ruralnet.net.au
>> (Silent Bob) wrote:
>> 
[...]
>Except he's already said the "goodies" have been removed from the 
>rear compartment, i.e. there's no longer a CPU.

I thought he just did that to get at the monitor.  (ie he still had
them lying about.)