14 May
2004
14 May
'04
1:08 p.m.
Also got a SPARC-5 - indeterminate condition - no drives - no memory.
Can anyone tell me what I need for memory in a SPARC-5?
I know there are different versions of the S-5 - here is the info from the
label on the bottom:
Model number: 544, Service code; 55, PN: 600-3853-01 SN: 546F0085
The board has 8 168-pin DIMM sockets at the front lefthand side of the
board (looking from top/front), and running parallel to the front of
the machine.
Physically, PC 168-pin DIMMS can "almost fit", but the notches are just
slightly in the wrong place - I have no idea if they are electrically
compatible or not (I'd guess not - I tried this just for physical
comparison only).
Regards,
Dave
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14 May
14 May
1:34 p.m.
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:08:58PM -0500, Dave Dunfield wrote:
Physically, PC 168-pin DIMMS can "almost
fit", but the notches are just
slightly in the wrong place - I have no idea if they are electrically
compatible or not (I'd guess not - I tried this just for physical
comparison only).
They don't fit because they aren't supposed to fit - SPARC-5 DIMMs are
5V, PC DIMMs are 3.3V.
I picked up some 32MB SPARC5 DIMMs a few years ago on eBay for, ISTR, $10
each. They won't be as cheap as PC memory because they are not as common.
Your choices are 32MB or 8MB. A full boat is 256MB.
I don't recall the Sun 501-xxxx numbers, but you should be able to
Google for them.
-ethan
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1:46 p.m.
Also got a SPARC-5 - indeterminate condition - no
drives - no memory.
Can anyone tell me what I need for memory in a SPARC-5?
Sparc 5's are great little boxes, I use one for OpenBSD, and it rocks (well
it helps I have plently of Sun parts. There is one HUGE downside to the
Sparc 5 though, and that is that it takes special memory. For a Sparc 5,
you need Sparc 5 RAM, which tends to be expensive, even on eBay last I
looked (though the systems are getting old enough that may no longer be
true).
Oh, for drives, you need the same drive brackets that a Sparc 20 uses. Or
you can run with a single SCA drive sitting in the bottom, just don't go
moving the system around.
Zane
2:05 p.m.
At 08:08 PM 5/14/04 -0500, you wrote:
Also got a SPARC-5 - indeterminate condition - no
drives - no memory.
Can anyone tell me what I need for memory in a SPARC-5?
<http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/Memory/MEM_Modules.html>
I know there are different versions of the S-5 - here is the info from the
label on the bottom:
Model number: 544, Service code; 55, PN: 600-3853-01 SN: 546F0085
The board has 8 168-pin DIMM sockets at the front lefthand side of the
board (looking from top/front), and running parallel to the front of
the machine.
Physically, PC 168-pin DIMMS can "almost fit", but the notches are just
slightly in the wrong place - I have no idea if they are electrically
compatible or not (I'd guess not - I tried this just for physical
comparison only).
Regards,
Dave
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com Vintage computing equipment collector.
http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html
7:08 p.m.
Part numbers for SS5 memory 501-2470 (8Mb modules) and
501-2471 for the 32Mb modules.
Dave Dunfield wrote:
Also got a SPARC-5 - indeterminate condition - no drives - no memory.
Can anyone tell me what I need for memory in a SPARC-5?
I know there are different versions of the S-5 - here is the info from the
label on the bottom:
Model number: 544, Service code; 55, PN: 600-3853-01 SN: 546F0085
The board has 8 168-pin DIMM sockets at the front lefthand side of the
board (looking from top/front), and running parallel to the front of
the machine.
Physically, PC 168-pin DIMMS can "almost fit", but the notches are just
slightly in the wrong place - I have no idea if they are electrically
compatible or not (I'd guess not - I tried this just for physical
comparison only).
Regards,
Dave
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com Vintage computing equipment collector.
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15 May
15 May
7:54 a.m.
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On Friday 14 May 2004 21:08, Dave Dunfield wrote:
Also got a SPARC-5 - indeterminate condition - no
drives - no memory.
Can anyone tell me what I need for memory in a SPARC-5?
Computer Recyclers has a large number of sparc 5 and axils at the moment.
I was there today picking up another metro rack.
Is anyone familiar with an Extel AE or AF teleprinter?
Mike
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2:27 p.m.
Computer Recyclers has a large number of sparc 5 and
axils at the moment.
I was there today picking up another metro rack.
I Think that the Axil's actually take standard 72-pin RAM, rather
than Sparc 5 RAM (despite otherwise being basically the same thing).
Zane
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