[SunRescue] Ultra 5 questions

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 12:07:17PM -0500, Ken Hansen wrote:
> IMHO an Ultra 1 might be a better way to go - the Ultra5 is (typically) an
> IDE-based system, unless the buyer bought an expensive (>$200) SCSI adapter
> for the unit.

I got a Symbios 8751SP scsi card that worked fine in my U5 and U10 for
less than $50.  They're just getting hard to find, ut its the SAME EXACT
CARD sun sells, without the sun sticker.

> The Ultra may have a slower CPU, but it will most likely have more cache,
> and cache is *very* important on these units...

My Ultra 1/200E was about equivalent to my Ultra 5/270, due to the cache
size difference.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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Austin, TX