[rescue] enterprise 150 questions

[Carl R. Friend]

   On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Subject: RE: [rescue] enterprise 150 questions
> 
> --- "Carl R. Friend" <crfriend at rcn.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Oh I dissected the machine and took all the foam pieces out which
> > > took forever... Do other enterprise machines like the 250s and
> > > 450s have foam inside them like this thing?
> > 
> >    I have no idea.
> 
> I do ;^) THey don't - no other Sun has that type of foam insert...

   Thank goodness for the clued-in who are willing to share
their clues with the clueless.  Thank you.  (I actually mean
that.)

   Is there any truth to the rumour that what was to become the
E-150 was, in fact, designed by another firm that was subsequently
bought out by Sun?  I forget where I heard that one, but Ultra-1
boards could be bought easily enough (and their PSUs) and the
whole lot could be bodged together to make a system (tell me why
else the E-150/"Netra NFS" has that stupid external cable that
connects the fast/wide SCSI controller to the internal disk bay).

   Cheers.

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