[Sunhelp] HW Questions

Thomas Reagan tkr at brown.edu
Thu Mar 30 12:46:33 CST 2000


> > 3) The SS5 does not have a network card. Can the card from
> > the SS10 be swapped
> > if it turns out that the 5 is faster or are there differences
> > in the bus that
> > would prevent this.
>
> The SS5 does have a network card, on the motherboard.  Unfortunately, I
> don't see any info in the SHR on the SS5, except one small section in
part1.
> It probably has an AUI connector on the back, either a D-sub 15 pin
> connector, or the smaller condensed AUI 26-pin connector, or maybe an
RJ45.
> Both machines should have onboard 10Mbit half duplex ethernet.  If you
have
> an SBUS ethernet card in the SS10 it can easily go into the SS5.

The SS5 has both the onboard AUI connector (condensed) and an onboard RJ45.
I have one, and I use it daily.


tkr







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