What do you do with an old SUN 3/160? (SPARCize it?)

Paul Graham pjg at acsu.buffalo.edu
Fri Jun 29 14:13:59 AEST 1990


chris at com50.c2s.mn.org (Chris Johnson) writes:

[about an earlier question regarding pedestal changes with new cpu
upgrades]

|I'm with you on this.  If all you want is more CPU power, I don't see any
|reason to get a new pedestal, too.  You may need the SUN-4 keybaord and
|mouse, however, if you are using the display console as the newer CPU
|boards may not talk to the older keyboard and mouse.

If you ask your sales rep you can find out the details of Sun upgrades.
In the case of the 3/160 pedestal I believe the cpu upgrade requires more
power, more cooling or both.



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