[mcclinti@student.lansing.cc.mi.us] Re: Sparc 2 Systems

[Sean]

These people have a decent history of Sun Hardware online. Its their
reference guide. 
http://www.sunhelp.org/

I wouldnt expect a LOT out of it. But for 55 bucks it's almost worth it. =)

I believe the use SCA scsi (the cheap 80-pin drives)




Torgo Jr wrote:
> 
> Edward Glowacki wrote:
> >
> > Sparc chips are generally faster per MHZ than Intel chips, and having SCSI
> > instead of IDE is another good advantage.
> 
> How generic is the SCSI?  Will "any" scsi device/drive work, or
> does it have to be Sun hardware?

I believe the Sun's take SCA scsi or the powered 80 pin stuff. (I didnt
read the 
 
> > It would probably make an
> > excellent Xterm.  Another option if the monitor is color: stick on another
> > hard drive, make it into a low end web/mail server, and spend the $$$ to
> > buy the adapter so you can stick the big monitor on your workstation. =)
> 
> My main monitor is a Viewsonic 21" sitting on my switchbox, so this
> won't help me any.  :)
> 
> > I have a Sun fixed frequency monitor working at home on my PC, works
> > great.  I assume putting a PC monitor on a Sun wouldn't be that hard
> > either, so long as you have the right adapters and the monitor can handle
> > the frequencies.  If anyone is interested, I'll dig up where I bought my
> > adapters from.
> 
> I'm starting to think that this would be more of a pain to
> set up and run...
> 
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