[SunRescue] note on living expenses

[rescue at sunhelp.org]

pwargo at basenji.com writes:

>> i still think about getting a Sun 3/50 (like my first Sun), putting 4.1.1
>> on it (qic tape!), getting a Telebit Trailblazer 9600 modem from the local
>> Goodwill, and setting up a UUCP feed to my other machine (the Ultra60).

>Hmmm... I have similar fantasies about a 2/120 with a Sky FFP... I wonder
>how well UUCP works with non-Y2K SunOS...  Mmmmm.... 20M QIC-11 tapes....
>Brrrrr....wirrrrrp....brrrrr.......wirrrrrrrp....riiiik..riiiiik...

What exactly *is* the Sky board? (I know it does floating point - is
it an array processor, or just a normal co-proc board? What CPU, etc?)

Were tere VME Sky boards, or just multibus? Were those made obsolete
by the TAAC boards?

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