From: dorsett@treasure.coastalnet.com (Stephen Dorsett) Subject: Re: Sun 386i Date: 1995/07/20 Message-ID: <3ulson$ml1@abaco.coastalnet.com>#1/1 references: <3ulqad$phb@news.nynexst.com> organization: Global Information Exchange Corp. newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware Aidan writes: >I recently acquired a Sun 386i with (I think) a non-functional monitor. >Not being a Sun person, does anyone out there have any information they >can send me on this machine in general, and specifically if it is >possible to hook it up to a VGA montior? >Thanks, >Aidan >(please reply via email to aidan@mit.edu) Run ! Hide ! Give it away ! I had a *very* bad experience with a 386i once. I was consulting for a company and one of their managers 'inherited' just such a machine. What a debacle. Making it work on their network became a challenge for him, and hence me. I must have spent 30 hours making that piece of c__p work, and trying to get it configured. I had no docs, no manuals, no software, nothing. (I was consulting through a rather large SUN VAR, and *they* had no resources for support for the machine. Arrrrrghhhh !!) The monitor has a four-connector cable, right ? RGB and sync signals on BNC connectors. This (I believe) is the only video signal output the chassis supports, but any monitor with this style video input will work. You should be able to borrow one from someone on campus to test it out. My suggestion is to shove it under your desk and use it as a foot rest. Or maybe donate to the local computer museum for their "Great Mistakes in Computer Design" exhibit. It's too small to use as an anchor on anything bigger than a rowboat. :-} -- ======================================================================== Stephen Dorsett 1-800-514-5NET dorsett@coastalnet.com Wide Area Network Manager, GIEx Corp. http://www.eastnc.coastalnet.com ========================================================================