[Gllug] Sun SparcStations

[Ian Norton]

there are 5 types of sparc keyboard,

named type 1-5, your sparc 5 will probably work with type 4 and type 5 
keyboards, some type 3's wont work well, :-) the mouse plugs into the 
keyb and they are cool lazer optical ones :-)

bredroll

Tethys wrote:

>Dylan writes:
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>>Now, I notice the monitor socket is significantly different from the PC 
>>'standard' type: are they compatible, given a converting cable, or is using a 
>>PC monitor a non-starter? Likewise for the keyboard.
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>I use a 13W3 -> 4BNC converter cable on mine without problems. Not sure if
>you can get a 13W3 -> VGA. As for keyboards, I think you're probably out of
>luck. I know there are various KVM switches that support both PC and Sparc
>outputs, but they're very expensive, and you'll probably stuggle to find
>one any more. A genuine Sun keyboard can be picked up on ebay for pennies,
>though.
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>But as Chris says, just use a serial console. Virtually all of my Sparc
>boxen are headless, accessed via the network and/or serial console.
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>>Also, how does the performance relate to ix86 performances? They've got 
>>SparcII chips (I think) with 1G scsi drives (which I figure I can change for 
>>some larger ones I've got knocking around.)
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>Slow. But not as slow as you might expect, given the clock speeds. Sparc
>chips have traditionally come with much more on chip cache that x86 and
>compatibles, so they're still usable even at comparatively low clock speeds.
>But even allowing for that, x86 performance is *miles* ahead these days.
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>>I was thinking one could be pressed into service as a gateway (with pkt 
>>filter/mail relay/squid...)
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>The SparcStation 4 and 5 would make an ideal firewall, with one exception.
>They only have a single network port, and SBUS NICs are somewhat pricey.
>I used to use my 4 as a file/print server, until I upgraded my network to
>100baseT, when it became more cost effective to replace it with an x86
>machine than it was to get it a faster network card...
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>Tet
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