[SunRescue] SparcStation Voyager Serial Port Strangeness

Dave McGuire rescue at sunhelp.org
Mon May 21 18:52:01 CDT 2001


On May 21, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> > > > The SLC is underpowered compared to an SS1.
> > >
> > > Actually the SLC is the same as a SS1+, CPU-wise.
> >
> >   You mean SS1, not 1+...the 1+ runs at 25MHz, the 1/SLC run at 20MHz.
> >
> >        -Dave McGuire
> 
> Ha!  You're both wrong! =)
> 
> Bill's more right than you though... the SLC is 25Mhz, but the framebuffer
> in the SLC/ELC steals processor cycles to work... so you end up with the
> SLC running about as fast as a SS1

  Hmm...someone ought to correct the Sun Hardware FAQ, then...it says
20MHz.

       -Dave McGuire



More information about the rescue mailing list