[SunRescue] 4/6xx capabilities?

James Lockwood james at foonly.com
Tue Jan 11 13:19:44 CST 2000


On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, BSD Bob wrote:

> OK, for the sake of discussion....  If I want to try to put together
> a reasonable board set for a 600 class machine, what boards would I
> need to look out for?  I have a couple of 12 slot cases that could
> use an update from a 3/160 class machine.

Unless you need more than 512MB RAM (or 128MB using 4MB SIMMs) then you
only need the CPU board.  It takes two VME slots, but has 4 sbus slots
onboard for expansion.  For the most part, additional VME cards are only
needed if you must support legacy hardware.  Sbus is much faster and the
cards are plentiful.

Stock up on 4MB 80ns or faster 30-pin SIMMs.  You'll need them.

-James







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