Sparc, ultrasparc guide and their lesser clones

• Systems with the SPARC to them

• • First: know thy system

The question is yours, which sun-microsystem-axel-sparc-clone do you have?

Don't know? The best hint is on the front, if it says ultra on it then...

yes it will be an ultrasparc! If that case is true, then your dealing with

a 64bit processor, and will need to search for a sutiable,useable, and hop

efuly community based operating system, or start your own. I recommand, gnu/

Linux debian,

WARING

prereqs

yes computers have those..

You should know the basics before starting a install on anything other then an

i386, and even then when you install linux on a PC you do know how to use a mo

nitor? it's as simple as that, using what is in front of you, keyboard, mouse,

monitor, (maybe a little less of the mouse).

other stuff to know

WTF RS232, it's a type of connection, very programmable (*beyond scope of documentation)

If you know what an' old printer cable looks like you could tell me what this port looks like.

Like-wise for the old DB9 mice.(the ways of RS232 are dying and are beyond me, really)

same boat? great.

Now find a null-modem cable. hmm, what would one look like you ask? The truth, at least for me,

Is that I couldn't tell you what one looks like, but I could go and find you one in recycling ^_^

( as a note, when cable diving in the cable been, pease do bring all the other good cables back to

the top with you)

you might need some adapters too.

that cable looks better then my ascii art, but trust me it's way cooler then a real picture....

      DB9---\                     /---DB9
             \___________________/
             /                   \
     DB25---/                     \--- DB25

yay!! are you with me... now use a searial connection program like ;;screen