[rescue] New guy with a SS5...

[Fogg, James]

Ooooohh, SS5-170. I *love* mine. Highly recommended. I started with an
SS5-70 and swapped the motherboard for a 170. Much difference and happiness.
The 170 motherboard is fully compatible with all the other SS5 models.
Solaris 8 runs respectably on the 170, but needs lots of ram and disk (as
with any system). As far as a CPU swap goes, It wont work. The 170 has a
built-in fan on the heat sink and the moboard provides power for it (and the
CPU isn't socketed). There appear to be other changes in the moboard too.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hansen [mailto:n2vip at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 3:50 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE:Re: [rescue] New guy with a SS5...
> 
> 
> SS/5-170 bases are cheap and getting cheaper - I've
> seen them for as low as $40 + S/h bare (w/o RAM or HD,
> w/CD & floppy), you just gotta look. I've also gotten
> SS/5-170s w/RAM & HDs for well under $200 on eBay.
> 
> With Ultra 1's hitting $250/ea now, the price of an
> SS/5 is *quickly*dropping...
> 
> Ken
> 
> --- John <john at tequies.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the lead! I think this puppy is a 70 as
> > that is what was marked
> > on the CPU. How hard are CPU upgrades? I'm thinking
> 
> 
> =====
> Ken
> n2vip at yahoo.com
> 
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