FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)

[Ken Hansen]

I've seen these before, they wanted $60 for one when I saw them though...

These would be useful for anyone who wants to "load" a PCMCIA HD for, say, a
SPARCbook laptop or for adding a fast 56K modem to an old Sun SBUS box.
Other uses would be for the one supported 2 M (I think) WaveLAN cards on a
desktop machine.

Additional network interfaces can be added as well without too much work, I
would imagine. Solaris supports PCMCIA adapters, and I think the Ultra 5's
had PCMCIA slots, didn't they?

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hebel" <druaga at pmail.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:43 AM
Subject: RE: FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)


> Probably a good plan.
> (Some of my inner geek still wants to use the IPX thing though. ;-)  I
> _KNOW_ I've seen SBUS audio cards out there. )
>
> What's the difference between the LX and the Classic in terms of sound?
>
> Also, I ran across this:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=470336983
>
> I didn't even know these existed?  Has anybody worked with these?
>
> Mike Hebel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Hatle, Steven J.
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:24 AM
> To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: RE: FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)
>
>
> I know the SS4's had a sound module, but I think that was specific to that
> model only. I don't recall ever hearing about an SBus sound card.
>
> I'd agree with Martin- it would be better to put your effort into an LX
than
> try to squeeze blood out of an (IPC/IPX) turnip.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Frost [mailto:martin at dsres.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:13 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)
>
>
> Mike Hebel wrote:
>
> > I think I'm going to hang a big SCSI drive off of the back of this box,
> > replace the 8-bit audio with something else.  (I think there are some
> > SBUS sound cards out there somewhere.)  Then I can just load a few hours
> > worth of music on it and let it play. :-)
>
> I've never heard of an SBus sound card, and it's sure to be more
> expensive than an LX, which comes with a much faster CPU and
> 16-bit stereo PCM audio... It'll even take the IPX RAM as long
> as it's 60ns and you have matched pairs.
>
> I've seen LX bases as low as $55.
>
> [memo to self: must finish the jukebox system before New Year party]
>
> --m
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