22 Mar
2000
22 Mar
'00
3:21 a.m.
--- healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
> Ow... that's scary. I am in the process of
_finally_ building up this
> AXP133 "no-name" board...
Since you're running Sparc's with 64MB, to
give you an idea of what I
consider acceptable performance, I don't consider Solaris 2.6 acceptable in
64MB, but it's quite nice in 96MB on my Sparc 2.
I don't consider 64Mb acceptable if I'm running CDE. It's horrible. Things
are sluggish but not painful under OpenWindows. I'd run 96Mb if I could,
but I don't have the Sbus expansion card. I used to use a Sparc 5/110 as
my primary desktop machine at Lucent, and with 256Mb of memory the only
ongoing problem I had was with starting up Netscrape - it took much more
than a minute. Once I was in, things were ducky. I could even run ViCE
at 200% 6502-emulation speed with no problems.
In the case of OpenBSD I was able to get a Tulip-based
10/100 NIC working
with no problem in the AS200. I *can not* get one working under OpenVMS, it
looks like I need a real DE500 to work under OpenVMS.
I bought a real DE500 once, just for this box (not that it runs OpenVMS
due to other driver issues). It never left the show with me; I think I
set down the bag and walked off. Not the first time, but usually I remember
while I'm still in the same aisle.
On the RAM, I *always* check for used True Parity
72-pin SIMMS when I'm
anywhere that has used RAM.
Me too. I'm up to five pair of 16Mb and one pair of 4Mb. :-(
You're lucky. The AS500 requires custom RAM, the
only way I'm going to get
it more memory is by spending about $500 :^(
Ow!
Speaking of custom RAM, I notice that on diagnostics, the IPX detects 33bit
vs 36bit parity SIMMs. Are there any performance differences? I only have
three or four 33bit 16Mb SIMMs. I was just wondering if there were any
benefit to take these to 36bit. I plan to use the IPX as our primary DNS
server at work, so enhanced reliability is a benefit.
-ethan
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22 Mar
22 Mar
3:49 a.m.
New subject: Memory expansion
> Since you're running Sparc's with 64MB,
to give you an idea of what I
> consider acceptable performance, I don't consider Solaris 2.6 acceptable in
I've got a couple of Spar2's (ELC, IPX, Sparcstion2 clone) that could
use more memory. Anyone got a source of SBUS memory expansion for the
latter two. The ELC max's out at 64.
Speaking of custom RAM, I notice that on diagnostics, the IPX detects 33bit
vs 36bit parity SIMMs. Are there any performance differences? I only have
three or four 33bit 16Mb SIMMs. I was just wondering if there were any
benefit to take these to 36bit. I plan to use the IPX as our primary DNS
server at work, so enhanced reliability is a benefit.
Interesting... I picked up 4 33 bit SIMMS at a show for $70 and put
'em in an ELC. Works (like a dog) when running CDE. I'd like to try
KDE on it to see how that works with OpenBSD, NetBSD or Linux. (And
I'd go to FreeBSD when they get a Sparc port released).
-ethan
Bill
7:43 a.m.
I don't consider 64Mb acceptable if I'm
running CDE. It's horrible. Things
are sluggish but not painful under OpenWindows. I'd run 96Mb if I could,
but I don't have the Sbus expansion card. I used to use a Sparc 5/110 as
my primary desktop machine at Lucent, and with 256Mb of memory the only
ongoing problem I had was with starting up Netscrape - it took much more
than a minute. Once I was in, things were ducky. I could even run ViCE
at 200% 6502-emulation speed with no problems.
I don't know, I found 64MB w/CDE running Solaris 2.6 Server to be to painful
for words, yet with 96MB it's fine even running Netscape. Sure Netscape is
slow, but so is the machine. On a related note, a Dual 400Mhz w/256MB RAM,
and UDMA/33 HD running Solaris 7 and Netscape 4.7 is the absolute fastest
I've seen Netscape run, period. I'd like a good Sparc, but then I look at
what it would cost to get a better system than that dual Celeron and just
shake my head.
Zane
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