[SunRescue] SunRay

[Paolo Nenzi]

On Fri, 18 May 2001 19:26:49 Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> Wow.  That's pretty cool.  I'm kinda suprised.  I thought that using
> existing CPUs was now considered cheaper than custom asics for most
> things.  Plus, isn't this going to be even worse that X for network
> traffic.

OK, I had these info from a Sun commercial, and since I have to wait for
the warranty 
to expire before opening one (othewise someone can open me disregarding any
warranty),
I have to trust them. It is possible that this asic is a standard processor
core with 
some periphery. I mean a "system on a chip" composed of standard parts.
Wait one yesr and
then I will open it ;-)
> 
> --
> Joshua Boyd
> 
> On Fri, 18 May 2001, p.nenzi at ieee.org wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 18 May 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:44:18PM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > > > If one gets a SunRay without software, is it possible to use it
> without
> > > > buying the SunRay server software?  What CPU is used in these boxes
> > > > anyway?  They keep showing up on ebay cheaply.
> > > 
> > > Nope, unusable without the software.. but I JUST MIGHT have the
> software
> > > lying around.... 8-)
> > There is not any processor inside, only an ASIC for frame buffer
> display
> > and communications over ethernet. Anybody has worked with sunray1 and
> can
> > give some info about them, mainly on the protocol used by these
> > appliances.
> > 
> > Thanks, bye
> >  
> > 
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