[SunRescue] Ultra 1 vs. beefy Sparc 20

[Eric Ozrelic]

I'm running Solaris 2.7. When I'm working in CDE I want everything
to be crisp and snappy. Whenever I do anything the CPU monitor goes off the
charts.
I'm spoiled by using fast cheap Intel hardware. MS IE 4.01 takes like 20
seconds to load
on my Sparc 5. From what I understand because of the way the Sparc 5's
architechture
and processor are designed they are slower then most Sparc 10/20's with
lower MHz
ratings and a large onboard cache. I guess I could run Solaris on my Intel
box but
I really don't want to.

Regards,

Eric Ozrelic
aka ProjektSUN


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall at double-barrel.be>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 4:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Ultra 1 vs. beefy Sparc 20


> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Eric Ozrelic wrote:
>
> > I currently have a Sparc 5 110 w/160 mb ram. IT'S TOO SLOW!
> How come ? My Sparc 10 with dual SM40's and 128 Mb Ram works quite well.
> However I use Solaris 2.6 on that box because Solaris 7 or Solaris 8
> where to slow on it.
>
> > I want more speed and I want to know if I should pop for a low
> > end Ultra (like an Ultra 1 200e) or a Sparc 20 with like 2xSM81's
> > both would have over 128mb's ram.
> I don't know the answer to that one because I don't see what application
> would require more hardware then you have now...
> > I like older sparc equipment but not for a workstation I need to use
> > for learning Solaris.
> To learn Solaris on the machine you have should be more then enough !
> > I would love any feedback from any individuals that have used these 2
> > platforms.
> Michael
>
>
>
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