[SunRescue] IPX questions, suggestions

[Mike Nicewonger]

Hi!

The IPX is a nice older machine, the best suggestion would be to get an AUI
to 10baseT transceiver, they are not very expensive and either a small hub,
you should be able to find both used for under $40.00, or a cross connected
Ethernet cable to connect the two machines together.  The Sun CD-ROM should
work just fine with the IPX, I myself have loaded many a machine including
my IPX several times with a Sun 2X CD. Of course you will need to find an
external box cable and terminator for the CD-ROM.

As for an OS, RedHat is dog slow on the IPX, I have found OpenBSD to be much
snappier on that box. Of course when it comes to OS's and personal
preference YMMV.

Good luck and enjoy the nice little Sun boxen you have!

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: Fotiou, Marios <Marios.Fotiou at gbr.xerox.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Cc: linux-interest <linux-interest at grenoble.xrce.xerox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:04 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] IPX questions, suggestions


> Dear all
>
> I recently receiveid a nice oldy, a SUN SparcStation IPX. However I have
> several questions to ask you as there is no documentation anywhere for it
> and there is no one around old enough to know enough about it. First I
know
> that it has a AMD Lance Ethernet interface (le0) and there is an AUI
> connector at the back. However I have never set up a 10base5 before and I
> have no idea how it is done. What I want to do is attach it to my PC which
> runs RedHat 6.1 and has an attached 3Com EtherLink III card on it with an
> AUI connector. Does anyone have any idea of how to do this? In adition I
> have an internal 2x SUN CD-ROM which I would love to connect to that IPX
box
> so as to avoid network OS install(RedHat 6.1). Can that be done or it is
> impossible? Do you think it is wiser to use a lighter OS than RedHat, like
> NetBSD, OpenBSD etc? What I really want to do with it is experiment and
> maybe use it as an X-teminal to my Pentium as the screen of the IPX is
> better and the quality of the keyboard and mouse are uncomparable!
>
> Regards,
>
> Mario
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