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In article <4p5k0m$2q3@saturn.tlug.org>, mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org (Mike
Frisch) wrote:

> Casper H.S. Dik (casper@fwi.uva.nl) wrote:
> : The 4/6xx board should give you all you need, it has:
> : 
> :       4 Sbus slots
> :       2 Mbus slots
> :       32 SIMM slots (for a total of 32*16 MB, install in 16 SIMMs at a time)
> :       and you rstandard ethernet & kbd/mouse & audio & ttya/b & SCSI-2
> 
>         I assume the 4/6xx is supported by Solaris 2.5?  Is that fast
> SCSI-2 or just plain SCSI-2?  What kind of performance does it offer
> compared to later SPARCstations?  This sounds like a very interesting
> upgrade for my 4/110. 
> 
> Mike.
The 4/600 uses mbus, so it's as fast as the fastest super or hyper sparc
CPU you can afford. The SCSI port is the same as the built-in ports on a
later model sparcstation 1, 2, etc, (just SCSI2, not fast/narrow), but you
can put up to 4 sbus SCSI cards on the system board, and they can be
fast/wide if you want.

The 600 system board is not a cheap upgraade, or one that's easy to find.
It took me a few months to locate mine, but was well worth it.

-- 
Stephen Cranage, Storage Technology Corp.
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