[SunHELP] SparcStation 5

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, you wrote:
> Awesome, I've got NetBSD here so I'll give that a bash. I've also got
> Mandrake which will run on it so I'll bash that too.
> 
> Sounds like I might have to invest in some more memory and a cd-rom for it

That is a good way. Yumm CD-ROM ... You may wanna look at the Sun CD-ROM FAQ.
> 
> Can anyone confirm if a standard floppy drive (out of your regular home pc)
> will work in the Sparc 5? I had a look at the system board and cabling and
> it looks very similar if not the same as a standard floppy for a generic
> home pc.

PeeCee floppy not compatible. IIRC
> 
> 
There are tons of goodies for the SS5 on ebay quite reasonably priced nowadays.

Cheers,

Mike N