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I know you can put the PowerUP CPU in both so im sure the pinout is the same.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-t</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:medium;margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px;font-weight:bold"><div style="margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px"><font style="font-size:14px">Todd Vernon</font></div><div style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><font style="font-size:13px">Entrepreneur | Investor</font></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">Email: <a href="mailto:todd@toddvernon.com" target="_blank">todd@toddvernon.com</a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvernon/" target="_blank">toddvernon</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Jan 4, 2025 at 9:27:16 AM, Dave McGuire via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<br> Are you certain the pinout etc is the same? I'd definitely not risk <br>it without hard info like datasheets or a schematic.<br><br> I think if one could drop a 16-context SS2 IU into an IPX, a lot of <br>us would've done it back in the day, but it's not something I've ever <br>heard of.<br><br> -Dave<br><br>On 1/4/25 11:18, Ethan Hawke via rescue wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"> There were several compatible CPUs shared among the SS2/IPX systems <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> (LSI, Cypress, Fujitsu and Weitek), the IPX had a slightly downgraded <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> MMU (8 contexts vs 16) but is more or less the same, there shouldn't be <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> any issue swapping CPUs between them.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> -Ethan<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> On 5 January 2025 2:42:39 am AEDT, Dave McGuire via rescue <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> The SS2 and the IPX do not use the same CPU.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> -Dave<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> On January 4, 2025 9:57:22 AM Todd Vernon via rescue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> I believe I have a spare SS2 board I bought just to harvest a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> PowerUp CPU from and I have the CPU from another SS2 that I put<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> PowerUp chip into. Not sure they are same as the IPX.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> If you determine they are I could sell you that bundle. Let me know.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> -t<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Todd Vernon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Entrepreneur | Investor<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Email: <a href="mailto:todd@toddvernon.com">todd@toddvernon.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> LinkedIn: toddvernon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> On Jan 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM -0700, Michael Dombrowski via rescue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>>, wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> I gambled and lost on an IPX with a low buy-it-now price:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> the three main chips (GPU, Sparc, cache) have all been<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> pulled and I assume sold for $0.25 of gold. The rest of the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> system seems to be in decent shape and I'm loath to just<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> throw this away. Anyone happen to have these three chips, or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> more likely, an otherwise broken IPX system board that I<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> could harvest them from?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> mike<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> rescue list -<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> rescue list -<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> --<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> New Kensington, PA<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> _______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Dave McGuire, AK4HZ<br>New Kensington, PA<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br>
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