[parisc-linux] hardware newbie question...

[Andreas Deresch]

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.

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