The Sparcstation SLC's are kind of slick. The
problem is the memory for
them costs more than the SLC. They're 72 pin 33 bit wide... You can
use parity 76pin. The problem is most of them have 16mb in 'em and you
need at least 32-48 mb (I recommend 64) to run Solaris or SunOS.
With 16mb the darn thing swaps itself nuts with X and especially CDE.
I've got an IPX that has 16mb (same memory) and to go to 64mb is 4x$55
per SIMM which is $200+ (more than the IPX cost). If I could find the
memory I'd grab some SLC's... They're basically Sparc2's with mono frame
buffer in a monitor. Just add external SCSI and run. They'd make neat
Xterminals.
SLC's are not Sparc 2 equivalent... more like Sparc 1+ (25mhz vs. 40mhz).
The ELC (same form as the SLC, but faster CPU) is more like Sparc 2 speed.
Like Bill said... nice box, though I hear the monitor has a habit of
dying over time. Still, might be worth grabbing one or two and looking
for a suplus ELC motherboard. It's a direct drop in.
<<<John>>>