Have a look on eBay for stuff that is on the list - I'm sure you'll find
plenty of supported cards there.

Alternatively, download VMWare server (now free for end users) and install
Solaris in a VM - as far as I understand, that emulates standard graphics
hardware - I'm about to try that on my Thinkpad.

Rgrds

Peter

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 28 July 2006 15:57
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Solaris-Users] Simple I86 system to run Solaris
> 
> I recently bought a fairly new Dell system from a friend, reasoning that,
> since it was a recent system, and since Dell is a big vendor, Solaris
> would be
> very likely to install and run with a minimum of hassle.  Turns out I was
> wrong. Solaris doesn't like the built-in graphics. Would somebody suggest
> a
> widely-available, cheap graphics card that I could slam into this thing
> and
> expect Solaris to like?
> 
> I know the HCL is out there, but it contains a lot of stuff that I can't
> find for sale on the I'net, and stuff that's too powerful or too
> expensive.  I
> just want a simple graphic workstation so I can  work with the new
> features of
> Solaris.
> 
> Thanks
> gear
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