🚀 go-pugleaf

hfrarg@nttvr2x3.pbgfr.arg (I R A Darth Aggie) writes:

>On 16 Nov 2004 12:25:49 -0700,
>arthur wouk <awouk@blackhole.nyx.net>, in
><1100633192.829416@irys.nyx.net> wrote:
>>+ i run solaris 2.8 on a sparc10 with ross hypersparc 150 cpu, and
>>+ adequate ram. what is the end of the line for this configuration with
>>+ supported os? is it sensible to upgrade to anything newer?

>http://docs.sun.com/source/817-6338-06/eos.html

>	The sun4m platform group is no longer supported in this
>	release. This affects the following platforms:

>	    SPARCstation 10

>A SPARCstation 10 will run Solaris 9, but not 10.

>I'm about to send 6 SPARCStation 4's out to surprlus. They never had
>anything approaching "adequate ram", tho. Sorry to see them go, tho,
>they where beautifully silent.

Yes, silence is a virtue now. I have a Tatung Ultra-2 clone (based on the
PCI SparcEngine board) and it's very noisy. I'm either going to replace all
the fans with new low-noise fans, or dump the machine and replace it with
something like a Blade 100 that should hopefully be much quieter.

Regards,

Craig.
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