[SunRescue] What is difference between IPX and IPC sun machines?

[Dave McGuire]

On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Tim Hauber wrote:
>rescue at sunhelp.org,Internet writes:
>>I may be able to obtain a sun IPC for not too many guildern de realme.
>>I have an IPX.   What is different between the IPX and the IPC?
>
>The most obvious differences are memory size (IPC is 30 Pin, IPX 72) and
>built in Framebuffer (IPC is monochrome) Performance issues I can't speak
>to.

  The IPC processor is clocked at 25MHz, while the IPX processor is clocked at
40MHz.  Since we're pretty much comparing apples with apples here, that makes
the IPX quite a bit faster.

  Also keep in mind that the IPX onboard framebuffer isn't just color...it's
GX-accelerated color (cg6), making it much zippier than the garden-variety cg3
color framebuffers that make the sparc do all the work.

                         -Dave McGuire