FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)

[Mike Nicewonger]

I have a couple of the PCMCIA S-bus sockets in stock. $45.00 each. they are
supported under Solaris, also the U5 has the option of PCMCIA, the machines
I have in stock do not have it.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hansen" <n2vip at bellatlantic.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)


> I've seen these before, they wanted $60 for one when I saw them though...
>
> These would be useful for anyone who wants to "load" a PCMCIA HD for, say,
a
> SPARCbook laptop or for adding a fast 56K modem to an old Sun SBUS box.
> Other uses would be for the one supported 2 M (I think) WaveLAN cards on a
> desktop machine.
>
> Additional network interfaces can be added as well without too much work,
I
> would imagine. Solaris supports PCMCIA adapters, and I think the Ultra 5's
> had PCMCIA slots, didn't they?
>
> Ken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Hebel" <druaga at pmail.net>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:43 AM
> Subject: RE: FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)
>
>
> > Probably a good plan.
> > (Some of my inner geek still wants to use the IPX thing though. ;-)  I
> > _KNOW_ I've seen SBUS audio cards out there. )
> >
> > What's the difference between the LX and the Classic in terms of sound?
> >
> > Also, I ran across this:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=470336983
> >
> > I didn't even know these existed?  Has anybody worked with these?
> >
> > Mike Hebel
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> > Behalf Of Hatle, Steven J.
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:24 AM
> > To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org'
> > Subject: RE: FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)
> >
> >
> > I know the SS4's had a sound module, but I think that was specific to
that
> > model only. I don't recall ever hearing about an SBus sound card.
> >
> > I'd agree with Martin- it would be better to put your effort into an LX
> than
> > try to squeeze blood out of an (IPC/IPX) turnip.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Frost [mailto:martin at dsres.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:13 AM
> > To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: Re: FW: mp3 on IPX (was [SunRescue] BSD Questions)
> >
> >
> > Mike Hebel wrote:
> >
> > > I think I'm going to hang a big SCSI drive off of the back of this
box,
> > > replace the 8-bit audio with something else.  (I think there are some
> > > SBUS sound cards out there somewhere.)  Then I can just load a few
hours
> > > worth of music on it and let it play. :-)
> >
> > I've never heard of an SBus sound card, and it's sure to be more
> > expensive than an LX, which comes with a much faster CPU and
> > 16-bit stereo PCM audio... It'll even take the IPX RAM as long
> > as it's 60ns and you have matched pairs.
> >
> > I've seen LX bases as low as $55.
> >
> > [memo to self: must finish the jukebox system before New Year party]
> >
> > --m
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