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W92 Test Cluster KVM setup gets 19" flat panel monitors, and some
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Thu Dec 19 18:27:16 2002
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: release-team@mit.edu, w92-test-cluster@mit.edu
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Date: 19 Dec 2002 18:27:13 -0500
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I've acquired two 19" flat screen monitors for the W92 test cluster 16x4
KVM switch setup, to reduce, in some small way, the amount of heat being
thrown into the Zone, and maybe demonstrating workable, inexpensive flat
screens.
The tricky bit is this:
They respond to a narrower range of scan rates and resolutions than the
current 19" monitors.
This means that Garry and I have swept through and done some subtle
video reconfiguration.
On Linux boxes, the default Dell P991 with 45-160 VertRefresh
is now Generic LCD 1280x1024 with 45-75 VertRefresh.
On SunBlade boxes, our Test Cluster hand-tooled 1190x900x66
is now the Cluster Generic 1280x1024x60 resolution.
On the Ultra-5 the resolution changed from 1152x900x66 to
1152x864x75
The Ultra-10's Creator graphcs is being mean and not offering
a configuration.
Garry has recommended we leave one CRT in place, and that we consider
switching the Ultra-10 from the Creator to the PGX frame buffer for the
remaining few months of its life.
Andrew: I've not yet swept through and done all the video. Gorf is
converted, but Galaga was in some lo-res mode that looked like an
in-progress test by you.
That's the news so far.
