[geeks] thoughts.

Ryn mattyml at daemons.net
Sat May 4 11:36:49 CDT 2002


What do S24 VSIMMSs run? Do the latest version of X support these? I
am debating installing NetBSD or Linux on my Sparcstation 10.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] thoughts.


> On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 05:43:30AM +0100, Chris Byrne wrote:
> > That being said what are the max ram, fastest procs, and best framebuffer
> > for the ss10 and/or ss20? I know I've asked this before but I cant find it
> > in the archives.
> 
> I think 64meg (maybe 128s?) in the '20, along with SM81 (sun supersparc) or 
> 200Mhz (ross hypersparc) CPUs, and then the S24 VSIMM (if you want 24bit).
> 
> However, quad 200s is asking for trouble; I heard a story of a guy who
> came in to work on a MOnday to find the top of his '20's case melted over
> the CPU section...
> 
> I'd kill for a nice pair of SM71s or even SM81s.
> 
> Bill
> 
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