[SunHELP] FDDI and sparc5

[Brian Hechinger]

>> You need additional drivers for FDDI cards, under Solaris 2.5.1 anyway. Not
>> so sure about later OSes.
>
> i don't know about 2.5.1, but for 8 the following is true:
>
> the Sun cards don't need extra drivers, they come with 8
> the NPI cards need the drivers off of the NPI website.

ok, here's what i found:

from the sparc5 product notes, august 1994.
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The following SBus cards are _not supported_ in a SPARCstation 5 workstation:

GS Frame Buffer card (PN 370-1370, 370-1329, 370-1551)
GT Frame Buffer card (PN 501-1693)
FDDI Single-Attach SBus Interface Card (PN 605-1303, 605-1427)

Note - More recent FDDI SBus cards (605-1494, 605-1495) are supported in the
SPARCstation 5 system.

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doesn't mention anything about older DAS cards, nor does it mention anything
about NPI cards.  i've got an NPI DAS card i'm gonna try, and if that doesn't
work, i'll be looking for an FDDI card of either part number 605-1494 or 
605-1495 although i prefer the 605-1494 mode since it's SAS and i won't have
to sling the SBus expansion box off of the sparc5 to install it (lack of room
in the sparc5, need 4 SBus ports with a DAS card, only have 3)

cheers,

-brian

ps: man, wish i was across the pond to get those PDP-11 boxes.