[geeks] Ultra-1/170e replacement

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
> Date: 2004/10/12 Tue PM 02:46:04 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: [geeks] Ultra-1/170e replacement
> 
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 01:45:12PM +0000, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> 
> > Well, I'd suggest an Ultra 30 or 60, with 300 MHz (or better) CPUs -
> > they are quiet, quick, and make great desktops, esp. with two high-end
> > framebuffers ;^) Unfortunately, IDE drives are not supported locally,
> > but maybe you could re-purpose an x86 box with IDE drives to house
> > your photos/other large files... The U30/60 would allow you to reuse
> > RAM/HDs from the Ultra 1. 
> 
> Can't you stick in a PCI IDE controller?  One that uses the same chip as
> the U5s?

Dunno - don't have any to try, and the only places you could mount an IDE drive in a U30/60 would be in the empty 5 1/4" drive slot - I'd be suprised if you could mount an IDE drive on a spud bracket and run power/IDE cable to it...