[rescue] AXI or similar Sun PCI-based boards

[Mike Nicewonger]

IIRC you will need an AXI board for those CPU's Be advised the AXI takes
different memory than a U5/10

I have an AXi 333 board and love it. the advantage is cheap PeeCee cases and
power supplies. Also the thing has 2 UW SCSI channels

I have just got a pile of nice framebuffers in for those too so if needed
contact me off list.

Mike N

On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, you wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm pondering moving into the PCI-based Sun world. Are there any good
> resources for standalone boards (preferably with some sort of CPU) that I
> can integrate into my own choice of case, or am I better off getting one
> of the cheap U5s and adding SCSI?
> 
> I picked up a pair of UltraSPARC IIi modules at the swap this weekend...
> one 270MHz 501-5039, one 333MHz 501-5090. If the price I paid was any
> indication, I expect they'll make pretty paperweights. But I might go in
> to work tomorrow, disassemble my U5 a bit, and test them out. If either
> works (preferably the 333mhz, that has 2MB cache right?) I will probably
> be looking for just a board, but if not, then I have some pretty
> paperweights and need a CPU.
> 
> Also picked up an Ultra 1 170E system board that allegedly has a good
> NVRAM. I got a good deal on the NVRAM, but if the rest of the board works
> I got a kick-arse deal. I'm guessing that it won't work with just an ATX
> power supply plugged into it, even though the one connector looks similar.
> Is this a smart guess? :) (just realized I'd have to hang a monitor and kb
> on it to test it, since the serial riser-type thingie isn't there, and I
> don't feel like disassembling the U1 I have working to try it out).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Novak, Indyramp Consulting * rnovak at indyramp.com * indyramp.com/~rnovak
>         "And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
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> 
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