Hi Matthew,
On 11/10/2005, at 7:03 AM, Matthew Weigel wrote:
Have you considered a multi-port card...?
I did. I was hoping to find a quad port fxp, but couldn't find one. I
know of the quad port dc's, but I've heard a few times of problems
with them. Since I already had an Ultra 10, I just ordered a 5 pack of
cheap fxp's (so I have one a spare too).
I know I've got an Ultra5's 400MHz processor in my Ultra10, and it
works
fine.
A quick Google turned up
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-7763-12/6j7a690su?a=view too.
Thanks for that. I looked at a few docs at sun.com which showed
conflicting info about the CPU modules the U5 could take. I thought I
had seen somewhere once that the U5 could take the 440, but I couldn't
seem to find it this time. I will be avoiding the 256k and 512k L2
cache UltraSPARC's from now on. 256k L2 and the awful IDE
performance make this little U5 pretty slow as a desktop.
I'd like something nice and quick to compile OpenBSD sparc64. My
300MHz macppc is WAY faster than my U10, out of interest. Would
people recommend a U60 or U80? Having the decent L2 caches which
they can come with? Are they much quicker than Blade 100/150's?
Thanks,
Shane J Pearson
