[SunRescue] Sparc IPX questions

[Mike Nicewonger]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. One of the BSD's would likely be best.

I have a couple of new Power Up's in stock.

Mike N
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Fayre" <jfayre at fayre.dhs.org>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] Sparc IPX questions


> Hello,
> I am new to this list and I have a few questions:
> 1.  Are the Weitek Power-up chips still available?  If so, how hard is it
> to upgrade a sparc IPX to this cpu?
> 2.  If I do upgrade, does Linux and NetBSD/OpenBSD support this chip?
> 3.  What is the best os to run on this machine?  I have solaris 2.7, but
> I've heard that it can be quite slow.  Is it still possible to get the
> older solaris versions?
> 
> 
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