[SunRescue] what are these parts of Axil Ultima?

[Ken Hansen]

Back panel info:
    MII is a sort of 100BaseT AUI port...

    // is the printer port (parallel)

Memory:

    I assume this unit is the same as Sun Ultra1/Ultra2 systems and takes
the same RAM
    as an Ultra 1/2/ or even SS/20.

    The two extra slot "extensions" are probably for prestoserve/NFS
accelerator cards,
    I can't imagine this machine is capable of taking VSIMM DIMMs to provide
a
    framebuffer...

Axil made Sun clones, and this is probably a very nice little Ultra 1 clone,
all user-replaceable parts are probably SUn Ultra-compatible, but there may
be limits to some aspects, like CPU speed, etc.

Great find, good luck with the system,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Phillips" <paul at partitura.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 6:35 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] what are these parts of Axil Ultima?


> I have recently rescued an Axil Ultima 1, which I gather is sort of an
> Ultra 1/2 clone.  It has a 167 mhz processor, and runs well.
>
> I have several hardware questions about it (I am not at all familiar with
> Ultra hardware).  I've posted photos of the insides at:
>
> http://pony.partitura.com/axil
>
> If any of you can help with identifying things, or answering my questions,
> I would be most grateful.
>
> This thing has a motherboard that is attached to the back panel - the
whole
> thing slides out as one unit.
>
> View 1 shows the back panel.  There are three ports that I don't know what
> they are.
>
> View 2 and View 3 are photos of the motherboard.  What kind of memory is
> this?  I occasionally see memory being auctioned at ebay, and I'd like to
> know how to identify this memory, so I could buy the right stuff.  There
> are several free memory slots.
>
> There are some slots in Views 2 and 3 that I cannot identify.  The first
is
> an empty set of two black slots, and the second is an empty single white
> slot.  These are visible in the photos.
>
> Finally, the processor sits in a slot by itself (View 4).  If I want to
> upgrade this processor, what are my options?  Occasionally I see faster
> processors on ebay - how would I know if they would work in this machine?
> Is there a difference in Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 processors?  If so, which
> style is this?
>
> Thanks for any and all advice or comments.
>
> Paul Phillips
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