>>A Sparcstation 10 -- Fantastic. Got to find something like that for
>>Solaris 8.
>
>Will 8 run on a 10, my wife wants a home system to play with instead of the
>E250 she has at the office, and told me she needs at least a 5 (which is a
>much newer system than a 10 or 20 right?).
I think it might be newer than the 10 or 20 family, but better? The
question is what processor(s) does the 10 have. The 5 is a single
processor system with a fixed processor that is either 70, 110, or 170Mhz
(I think there is also anther speed in there somewhere).
The 10's and 20's can have like three different CPU models in speeds
running from 30-200Mhz. The Sun CPU models will let you go up to 2 CPU's,
the ROSS modules will let you go up to 4 CPU's.
I sure wish I could find a Sparc 10 for $25! My Sparc 2 cost me over $200
(although it has the 32MB S-Bus card in it for a total of 96MB :^).
One real advantage of the 5/10/20's is they'll take a 100Mbit ethernet
card, the earlier ones won't.
Zane
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Received on Wed May 31 2000 - 12:51:08 BST