[SunRescue] what are these parts of Axil Ultima?

[James Lockwood]

On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Paul Phillips wrote:

> View 1 shows the back panel.  There are three ports that I don't know what 
> they are.

The parallel lines ("//") indicate the parallel port.  The MII connector
is a standard 100 megabit Media Independent Interface port (for hooking
100 megabit fibre, etc adapters).  The "A/B" port is serial (port "A" can
be used directly, with a breakout Y-cable you can use both ports).

> View 2 and View 3 are photos of the motherboard.  What kind of memory is 
> this?  I occasionally see memory being auctioned at ebay, and I'd like to 
> know how to identify this memory, so I could buy the right stuff.  There 
> are several free memory slots.

It's the same RAM as used in the SS20 and Ultra 1/2/30/60/80/2x0/4x0 (the
SS10 uses the same RAM but original SS10 RAM isn't rated for the same
speed).  Any 16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB DIMMs should work (with the exception of
early third-party SS20 DIMMs with funky refresh), they're used in pairs.

> There are some slots in Views 2 and 3 that I cannot identify.  The first is 
> an empty set of two black slots, and the second is an empty single white 
> slot.  These are visible in the photos.

Can't tell from the photos.  Can you get a more closer in shot at the
slots with better lighting? 

> Finally, the processor sits in a slot by itself (View 4).  If I want to 
> upgrade this processor, what are my options?  Occasionally I see faster 
> processors on ebay - how would I know if they would work in this machine? 
> Is there a difference in Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 processors?  If so, which 
> style is this?

Ultra 1's do not have replaceable processors.  You should be able to use
any module which will function in an Ultra 2, though I don't think Axil
shipped modules faster than 200MHz in the Ultima 1.

-James