[SunRescue] RE: rescue digest, Vol 1 #1206 - 14 msgs

[Ken Hansen]

I'd vote for the pair of SM71s - should cost you $200 - 300 depending on situation.

Also, I'd suggest keeping a keen eye on Ebay for an SS/20 or SS/10 with RAM & CPU that is underpriced. I picked up a nice SS/20 for $250 +/-... WIth a little trading/tinkering you may wind up with a better machine for very little total cost (assuming you get around to selling the second/extra machine).

Of course, selling your system and moving up to a low-priced Ultra 1 might be the best upgrade for the same $200-300...

Hope this helps,

Ken


Message: 4
From: "Joshua Snyder" <josh at imagestream-is.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 02:46:31 -0500
Subject: [SunRescue] Question about a Mbus cpu module...
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

I would like to know if I should be thinking about upgrading the cpu's on my
sparc 10.  But I am not sure if an upgrade would do me much good.  I
currently have a dual processor Hypersparc mbus card that runs at 66Mhz.
When I run "module-info" I get following...

Mbus  :  40 MHz
Sbus  :  20 MHz
CPU#0 :  66 MHz RT620 / RT625
CPU#1 :  66 MHz RT620 / RT625

I am pretty sure that each cpu also has 256K cache.  So would upgrading to a
pair of sm71's( or anything else ) make sense.  Or should I look for another
one of these Mbus card so I can make my Sparc 10 a Quad machine?


					josh