Re: [parisc-linux] hardware newbie question...

[Thibaut VARENE <varenet@esiee.fr>]

Harri Haataja wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:31:15PM -0700, Derek Engelhaupt wrote:
> 
>>--- Andreas Deresch <aderesch@fs.tum.de> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
>>>
>>>>Stephen J de Vries wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have a HP 712 that I'd purchased recently.
>>>>>My question is:
>>>>>Can I use a PC monitor, keyboard, and mouse to boot the thing
>>>>>up?  If so, does the monitor have to be a multisync or something
>>>>>special?
>>>>
>>>>OK for the PC monitor. Use 'Tab' at boot time to switch 712's
>>>>resolution
>>>>NO for the PC keyboard (pc kbd is 75mA iirc, 712 is 500mA)
>>>
>>>Hhmm. I have used two different PS/2 keyboards on a 712. So far
>>>nothing unexpected has happened to either the box nor the
>>>keyboard... it works just fine.
>>
>>Me too....


OK, just to put an end at this flow of mails, I was completely wrong 
about the keyboard and confused things with another problem we had in 
the past.

Therefore, I do confirm that 712 _can_ use any PC material. ;)

I hope that makes everybody happy :o)


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Thibaut VARENE
PA/Linux ESIEE Team
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