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Aaron wrote:
> 
> In article <3355CA56.1AB4@case.com>, dcase <dcase@case.com> wrote:
> 
> > Manfred Antar wrote:
> > >
> > > I have 1 sparc2 cpu chip for sale $100
> > > i just upgraded to weitek.
> > > Call me at 415 6816235
> > >
> > > |==============================|
> > > |    mantar@netcom.com         |
> > > |    Ph. (415) 681-6235        |
> > > |==============================|
> > Not to cause problems but, this ad is getting old. I have many of them
> > sitting in various drawers around here that I'd send off to new homes
> > for $10. They are working pulls..
> 
> Call me dumb, but what can you do with these chips? Could I put them in a 1+?

No! That is why they really aren't worth anything unless you happen to
have a motherboard with a dead cpu (something I have never seen). There
are tons of these floating around due to upgrades to Weitek chips. I
sold the couple I had but, I still can't figure out why people were
after them. Although the insides didn't change all that much in the
early SPARCstation line the pinouts did. You can't swap them around and
I have yet to find a dead cpu in any Sun in the 100's I have seen dead.
It is possible, of course, but probably the very least likely failure in
a Sun. Even if the cpu was compatible the clock speed would still be
25Mhz and would give you no improvement. Suns do not take well to
overclocking and 40MHz would be out of the question on a 25MHz
motherboard.