PDP 11/23 advice

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_exit109.com>
Date: Thu Jan 14 09:02:32 1999

> The Sparcstation SLC's are kind of slick. The problem is the memory for
> them costs more than the SLC. They're 72 pin 33 bit wide... You can
> use parity 76pin. The problem is most of them have 16mb in 'em and you
> need at least 32-48 mb (I recommend 64) to run Solaris or SunOS.
>
> With 16mb the darn thing swaps itself nuts with X and especially CDE.
>
> I've got an IPX that has 16mb (same memory) and to go to 64mb is 4x$55
> per SIMM which is $200+ (more than the IPX cost). If I could find the
> memory I'd grab some SLC's... They're basically Sparc2's with mono frame
> buffer in a monitor. Just add external SCSI and run. They'd make neat
> Xterminals.

SLC's are not Sparc 2 equivalent... more like Sparc 1+ (25mhz vs. 40mhz).
The ELC (same form as the SLC, but faster CPU) is more like Sparc 2 speed.

Like Bill said... nice box, though I hear the monitor has a habit of
dying over time. Still, might be worth grabbing one or two and looking
for a suplus ELC motherboard. It's a direct drop in.

<<<John>>>
Received on Thu Jan 14 1999 - 09:02:32 GMT