On Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:47:06 -0500 (CDT) 
 Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com> wrote:

 > Is there any interest in a port-sun mailing list for both sun3 and sparc
 > common issues?  For instance, say I have a question about a cgfour
 > graphics card, which has floated into my apartment.  It came off of a
 > 4/110, so it's a port-sparc thing, but I'm curious about running it
 > on a 3/80, so it's a sun-3 thing.  (Obviously, it won't work without
 > some surgery, as it's the one which has 4 BNC connectors coming out
 > through a solid piece of metal on the 3/80, so I may not bother.)

I'm not sure it will work anyhow ... I'm told that the P4-like connector
on a 3/80 is electrically different than on a 4/110 (or 3/60).

You may want to check the Sun Hardware FAQ about that to make sure, tho :-)

Re. the mailing list... What if we had "port-sun" expand to
"port-sparc && port-sun3"?  Or, would that be too obnoxious?

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