25 Jun
2010
25 Jun
'10
1:51 p.m.
On 23 June 2010 19:32, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 6/23/10 2:25 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
? Yes. ?Which is why I say they suck. :) ?Compare the build quality to
something like an Ulra2 or an Ultra60!
?I should amend this by stating that I don't wish to dissuade anyone
from playing with them, just don't let it color your opinion of Sun
systems in general if this will be your first. ?The Ultra5/Ultra10
really are PCs with SPARC processors grafted in...Slow, flimsy, terrible
construction, not nice at all. ?Fun to play with, but not
production-quality systems. ?Just my (professional) opinion.
Oh. Great.
I just got given a minitower Ultra10 a week or 2 ago. Not yet tried to
fire it up yet.
Ah well. I will still have a play. Happen to know the latest version
of Solaris it'll run?
And if I wanted to add a SCSI card and/or USB card, will any old
random PC PCI one just work, or do I need something exotic and special
fabricated out of unobtainium?
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>> The machine came without a keyboard or mouse
and I think I need at
>> least a keyboard to get it to boot.
> If no keyboard is connected the machine defaults to serial console on
> the first serial port. (IIRC this is the DB25 one.) 9600 8n1. Before
> investing money in a keyboard and mouse you should check if the machine
> lives at all via the serial console.
?Ultra5s (and Ultra10s) are worth less than keyboards. ;) ?The worst
system Sun has ever produced, by a significant margin, IMO.
They are not that bad once you add a SCSI card to the U5, a better video
card would help as well. More of a cheap PC design with a sparc CPU.