A bit about the Sun...
The video connector is called a 13W3, adapters easily found on ebay. The keyboard is a sun-specific interface and the mouse plugs into the keyboard. BTW, there is no onboard VRAM, so you need a VRAM DIMM in one of the last two memory slots.
The good news is that with no keyboard connected, it will default to a serial console. The default is 9600 N81; it's a DTE, so you'll want a null-modem cable.
It is 32-bit hardware, unlike the later UltraSparc systems. Last version of Solaris which runs on this hardware is Solaris 9. NetBSD and OpenBSD actively support this generation of hardware. I'm not sure if any current version of Linux will run on it.
Do you have any empty memory slots? I might have a couple of extra DIMMS laying around here somewhere.
John
The video connector is called a 13W3, adapters easily found on ebay. The keyboard is a sun-specific interface and the mouse plugs into the keyboard. BTW, there is no onboard VRAM, so you need a VRAM DIMM in one of the last two memory slots.
The good news is that with no keyboard connected, it will default to a serial console. The default is 9600 N81; it's a DTE, so you'll want a null-modem cable.
It is 32-bit hardware, unlike the later UltraSparc systems. Last version of Solaris which runs on this hardware is Solaris 9. NetBSD and OpenBSD actively support this generation of hardware. I'm not sure if any current version of Linux will run on it.
Do you have any empty memory slots? I might have a couple of extra DIMMS laying around here somewhere.
John