From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.esiee.fr (mail.esiee.fr [147.215.1.3]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB8AD484C for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 04:49:52 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <3D997D3C.5070406@esiee.fr> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 12:47:24 +0200 From: Thibaut VARENE MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Harri Haataja Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] hardware newbie question... References: <20020930223115.63225.qmail@web12508.mail.yahoo.com> <20021001130000.A10114@azrael.smilehouse.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Harri Haataja wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:31:15PM -0700, Derek Engelhaupt wrote: > >>--- Andreas Deresch 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) -- Thibaut VARENE PA/Linux ESIEE Team http://pateam.esiee.fr/