[SunRescue] Solaris 2.5.1/PPC

[Paul Khoury - Tech Support]

At 11:46 PM 2/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Paul Khoury - Tech Support wrote:
>> 
>> Alpha 166MHz, I think it's a 21264 or something like that.
>> I think I have 16MB parity in there now, but could put in 24MB,
>> has SCSI, SVGA, sound, parallel, serial, PCMCIA, 2.5" HD...
>>
>
>If memory serves:
>
>Alpha 166, upgradable to 233 (max)

Only on certain models.

>Uses True Parity SIMMs.
>
>SVGA is TGA or some odd-ball standard which gives decent resolutions but
>is limited to 256 colors(?)
>
Yup, but you can get pretty high resolutions.

>Sound is Windows Sound System Compatible(?)
> 
Yup, but it supposedly works in UNIX as well (Linux, Tru64, etc)

>And wasn't there room for EITHER a floppy drive OR a hard drive. Not both
>at the same time.
>
That's partially true and untrue - depends on the brackets a particular
machine has.

>Also, onboard IDE (which was always recommended NOT to use, poor
>performance), with a common add-in SCSI card (?)
>
NCR 83C810 I think (PCI card)

>> Small footprint, built-in ethernet (aui, tp, bnc)...
>>
>
>Small, slim machine (from the pictures I saw)... I was tempted to get one
>for a while, but didn't want to put a lot of money into it.
>
>Oh-- most of the Multia's 'BIOS' battery's were dead (in the cases I
>saw)... have you installed a new battery or doing some weird kind of
>workaround?
>

Nope, but I think it's standard 4.5V