[SunRescue] SLC/ELC Info

[Shock]

If you need a keyboard cable, I have some extras here. You can just pay the
3.65 shipping for it.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil McNeight <mcneight at umich.edu>
To: rescue at ohno.mrbill.net <rescue at ohno.mrbill.net>
Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 4:24 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] SLC/ELC Info


>On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Reagen Ward wrote:
>
>> Which reminds me.. Anyone got any of those ELC/whatever all-in-one units?
I'd
>> LOVE to get one for my wife.  Were any of 'em color, or were they all
grayscale?
>> Sorry to bring the track back on topic (I was greatly enjoying the thread
about
>> cheap PC cases), but I thought I'd ask.
>>
>> Reagen
>
>I've got an SLC sitting here awaiting a keyboard cable (I've already
>played with it through the serial console, but that kinda defeats the
>purpose of the all-in-one). I'm told it's dog-slow as SPARC's go
>(20 MHz with a max of 16 Mb RAM), but it should make for a decent
>RAID controller :)  An ELC would probably make for a better X terminal
>(33 MHz with a max of 64 Mb RAM), but they both have mono monitors
>and no way to support an external framebuffer, either. Take a look at
>http://www.sunhelp.org/faq/sunref1.html for more info.
>
>This reminds me too: Does anyone know of any kinds of upgrades that can be
>performed on an SLC? I'm thinking along the lines of a firmware/boot ROM
>upgrade (like the sun3's had), but there might be other stuff that I'm not
>aware of.
>
>Thanks!
>
>-Neil
>
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