13 Jan
1999
13 Jan
'99
11:22 p.m.
Sun 3/80 - 68030 architecture in a 'pizza box'
it was Sun's fall back
machine if the SPARCStation didn't sell well. Not many sold so it isn't
well supported, runs SunOS 4.1.x (available free from Sun Germany for
private use).
There were a whole lot of 'em sold. Sun, however did upgrades to
Sparcstation 2's on a lot of 'em when the Sparc2 came out.
The 68030 was pretty close in performance to the early Sparcs.
Sun IPC - The first Sun "macintosh" integrated SPARC chip (a Tsunami I
believe) and had small form factor "shoebox". THe LX version is the
desirable one.
--Chuck
The IPC is about Sparc1 performance 30 pin Simms Sparc1 class processor.
The IPX is about Sparc2 performance 72 pin Simms Sparc2 class processor.
The SparcClassic and Sparc LX are follow ups to the IPX. The
Sparc IPX seems to be the desireable one since it's got the best
(I was told) sound support for NetBSD. The Classic and LX use some
different chips.
Bill
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