[rescue] Vendor software support [was Re: RPi vs SS20 benchmarks (interesting)]

[Dave McGuire]

On 01/04/2016 05:23 AM, Stefan Skoglund (lokal anvdndare) wrote:
>>   In my experience, "in the old days" (this may have improved later on)
>> when SPARCstation-10s were current, Sun employees were the people who
>> knew the least about Sun hardware.  In one particular instance, I was
>> told that what I was proposing categorically COULD NOT WORK.  No way, no
>> how.  Trouble is, on that phone call, I was leaning up against a rack in
>> which I had built up the suggested configuration; it was running in
>> production.
> 
> And what was it which you had done ?
> 
> Not that old trick with a VME-chass and a lot of 4/490 processor cards ?

  Hahaa, no, WAY before that.  (That was 4/600s).  But it was similar; I
filled VME chassis with 3/50 and 3/60 boards.

               -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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