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- From: pjm@isis.cshl.org (Pat Monardo)
- Subject: Re: Performance of Sparc Classic?
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- Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Labs
- References: <phoenix.727660358@well.sf.ca.us> <1jpqbuINNdsh@pawnee.telecom.ksu.edu> <haberman.727921940@msi.umn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:42:59 GMT
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- In article <haberman.727921940@msi.umn.edu> haberman@s22.msi.umn.edu (Joe Habermann) writes:
- >
- >When Sun dropped the price on the IPX a while back, we wondering
- >why anyone would buy a Sparc 2 over an IPX. The only thing I could
- >come up with was that the Sparc 2 had 12 hardware contexts vs. 6
- >for the IPX and the Sparc 2 could could take a larger variety of
- >SBUS cards. Both we're irrelevant to us, so we went with the IPX.
- >I don't know exactly what the specs are for the Classic/LX line,
- >but these might be something to consider.
- >
- >Joe Habermann
- >MSI Technical Support, University of Minnesota
-
- taking this argument to the next generation:
-
- i have a Sparc 10/30? until our 42 gets here and i think it
- is great. very impressive looking power supply, nice scsi
- device layout, sturdy case. the Sparch 10 appears very solid,
- very industrial grade. if you are like the vast majority of
- users with very predictable usage (eg, we have never added
- anything to any of our Sparc 2's) then i dont think you
- need the quality of the Sparc 10 and could go for an LX.
-
- --
- -- Pat Monardo
- -- pjm@cshl.org
-