[rescue] Mac Appliance

Dave McGuire rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Aug 2 12:49:12 CDT 2001


On August 2, joshua d boyd wrote:
> > LC III?  Doorstop time! 8-)
> > 
> > Server appliance?  More like something to use as a bookend...
> 
> Hey, it should be significantly faster than a Sun3.  Uhm, but then look
> how I use my Sun3.  But again, the Sun3 draws a rediculus amount of power,
> and the LC3 wouldn't draw as much.  However, perhaps an IPX would be more
> practicaly.

  Huh?  An LC-III is a 68030 at 25MHz...only marginally faster than a
Sun3/60 (68020 at 20MHz, and of course that's assuming that's the only
difference between the two systems) and certainly quite a bit slower
than a Sun3/400 (68030 at 40MHz)....

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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