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In article <e4eutj$mld$1@yoda.apana.org.au>,
Craig Ian Dewick  <craig@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
>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.

I think SunOS4 was set up to boot with small memory on the box and
tuning may help it.

>
>>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!).

Yup... I did it to a couple of SparcStations  (actually one an Opus SS2
clone and an IPX here...)

Still not a smoking fast box though.

>
>Regards,
>
>Craig.
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