[SunRescue] SunRay

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Wow.  That's pretty cool.  I'm kinda suprised.  I thought that using
existing CPUs was now considered cheaper than custom asics for most
things.  Plus, isn't this going to be even worse that X for network
traffic.

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Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 18 May 2001, p.nenzi at ieee.org wrote:

> On Fri, 18 May 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:44:18PM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > > If one gets a SunRay without software, is it possible to use it without
> > > buying the SunRay server software?  What CPU is used in these boxes
> > > anyway?  They keep showing up on ebay cheaply.
> > 
> > Nope, unusable without the software.. but I JUST MIGHT have the software
> > lying around.... 8-)
> There is not any processor inside, only an ASIC for frame buffer display
> and communications over ethernet. Anybody has worked with sunray1 and can
> give some info about them, mainly on the protocol used by these
> appliances.
> 
> Thanks, bye
>  
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