[SunRescue] Javastation 1 to replace VT420

[Hatle, Steven J.]

The stuff from Finland was the "developer release" of software for the JS-
functional, but not very fun. If you can find the full "Netra J" software,
you can get JS's fully running.

Note, you need NIS and DHCP both running to get them to boot with the Netra
J software, but then you have the full Sun environment for them. Then you
have to find and add apps <grin>.

I set up my SS20 as a boot (NIS, DHCP, etc) server for my JS (the second
"coffee maker" kind) and it worked OK, but it was slow.  .  .

If you need pointers to the Netra J stuff, drop me a note off list.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nicewonger [mailto:twmaster at twmaster.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 12:19 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Javastation 1 to replace VT420


> >
> >The Java station is supported by NetBSD There are links to netbooting it
> >from the Sparc port page.
>>
> It is?  Way cool, as I already have a NetBSD x86 box used as the boot
> server/file system for my Sun3's.  That'd be great to use this now.
> Question also - can I change the resolution for the CRT, or is it
hardwired?
> For some reason, one of my monitors doesn't support it's resolution, but
another
> does (they're almost identical Samsung's, but one is HP branded).

Well cool you are most of the way there. I dunno about monitor resolution.
I'll have to dig the owner's manual out and see. I bought a JS new in the
box on eBay last spring and have not had time to fool with it.
> >

> >
> >I have a bunch of software I grabbed off a website somewhere in Finland I
> >think <?> anyway. There are a ton of Linux resources out there too.
>
> For the Javastation?

Yes for the JS, however it is the Java software that is supposed to run on
the box. They do not run Solaris. I also have not heard anybody having got
one going with this software. I only snagged it cuz it was the first thing I
had found in my search to make this work.

Mike N

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