[rescue] SM81 CPUs anyone?

[Brian Archer]

There is one for sale here:

http://www.memoryx.com/5013033.html



On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Steven M Jones <smj+rescue at crash.com>
wrote:

> On 03/09/2017 23:09, Skeezics Boondoggle wrote:
> >
> >> From: Steven M Jones <smj+rescue at crash.com>
> >>
> >> Well, the SM91 modules will work in an SS20... briefly. [...]
> > Wow, I thought SM91 modules were extinct.  Never heard of anyone still
> > actually trying to run one, especially in anything with less airflow
> than a
> > SC2k.
>
> Well this wasn't recent, I bought them on eBay in 2001. I wasn't sure a
> "rare SM-92 90MHz" was a real thing, but I went ahead anyway. When I got
> them the only thing I had with a hope of running was the SS20, so I gave
> it a shot. They may have inspired me to start hunting an SS1000...
>
>
> >> Still hoping an SS1000E will come my way some day...
> >>
> >>
> > I'm not quite ready to part with mine yet... 8 x SM81, 2GB, DAT, CD, and
> a
> > boatload of 4- and 9GB disks on multiple SCSI buses, running Solaris 7
> > (wanted to do OpenStep/PDO on it as a backend for a goofy app I was
> > considering years ago :-)
>
> The SS1000 was the most practical 8 CPU system I thought I could get my
> hands on back then, and it seemed a shame not to hold out for the 50MHz
> bus in the E once I had all those SM81s and 50MHz system boards...
>
> --S.
> _______________________________________________
> rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue