Re: Ultra1 vs Ultra5?

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:00

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Sam Nickerson <sam.nickerson@wcom.com> writes:

>This may sound like a stupid question, but which is the better
>performer? The Ultra1 benifits from SCSI, and I believe a better video
>card (Creator 3d).

Only if there is actually a Creator card fitted... Remember than Ultra-1's
are Sbus-based. I don't know if there are Sbus versions of the Creator
cards.

> The Ultra5 benifits from a faster CPU (360 vs 170).

And is loses out because it's an attempt to make a Sparc-based PC clone,
meaning it has IDE instead of SCSI, uses PC-100 RAM modules, etc..

Regards,

Craig.
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