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pechter@pechter.dyndns.org (Bill Pechter) writes:

>SunOS isn't too slow on the IPC.
>I've run it on ELC's, SparcStation 2's, IPX's and such.

Yeah - the core OS is fine especially if only what is really needed is
installed. What really eats resources is the Xserver though - so it's a good
box for the OS itself but bad for anything that needs a GUI-based console.

>I think it performs equivalent to NetBSD on the box.  The main problem
>is the limited memory.

True. But the modern BSD's handle that a lot better. I guess it's also a
factor of current SunOS releases not really having to be so frugal with
system resource management and the fact that SunOS itself is a lot bulkier
than it was 5 or 10 years ago.

>The IPX is a bit better cpu... I have one of them and a couple of
>the Sparc-up upgraded SparcStation2's. 

Plus the IPX (like the SS2) provides the option to upgrade the CPU to an 80
MHz Weitek PowerUp (if you can actually find them!).

Regards,

Craig.
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