Putting a SPARCstation-2 CPU into your current Sun system.
Joe Smith
jms at tardis.tymnet.com
Sun Dec 9 09:07:00 AEST 1990
In article <hart.659232475 at tasman> hart at tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Bill Hart) writes:
>I've currently got an old 3/160, and possibly have some money around to do
>something about it. What about sticking something like a SPARCengine2?
At the Sun-Expo, Solflower Computer, Inc was showing a board that does
just that. They have two type of S-Bus to VME adaptors. One is a run of
the mill type device; plug one card into the S-Bus on a SPARCstation, plug
the other card into your VME cardcage, and run the flat ribbon cable
between them.
Their newer adaptor is a lot more interesting. It is a 9U VME card that
has a large area cut out. This cutout is the size and shape of a
SPARCengine-2. (This is the exact same motherboard found in a
SPARCstation-2, and can be purchased seperately from Sun.)
So, this means that you can purchase a SPARCengine-2 board, connect it to
the Solflower board, plug the whole thing into your 3/160 enclosure, and
end up with something that runs faster than a SPARCserver-490 !!!
The above observations are based on just a 5-minute visit to their booth,
for more info contact them directly. #include <std/disclaimer>
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