[geeks] some photos of my collection

[Dave McGuire]

On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 03:16 PM, Chris Hedemark wrote:
>>   What Sun VME CPU board has a slower processor than a 4/100?  I'm 
>> pretty sure that's the slowest.
>
> That's the trouble... no model number that I could find.  Won't know 
> til I fire it up.  The guy I  got it off of, who seems to have a clue, 
> told me is was a slower sun3 board that would work in there.

   Ahh, ok...a 68K machine.  I was thinking SPARC.  Lots of Sun3 CPU 
boards will run in that machine.  Take a pic of it and I'll tell you 
what it is.

>>   Weird, I've never seen anything like that.  Got a part number on 
>> that board?
>
> Nope.  Looks like a prototype.  There's some hand-soldered stuff on 
> there too.

   Oh wow..

>> I'm curious as to what it is.  I'm pretty sure I own at least two of 
>> every Sun VME board ever made (heh, just ask Linc...he was wowed-out 
>> at the sight of 1/3 of them!) but I've never seen one matching that 
>> description.
>
> I'll take photos when I get a chance and put them up.  I'll see the 
> guy tonight that I got it off of so I'll ask him what he knows of its 
> history.

   Ok.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire                  "Mmmm, big."
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