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- From: bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern)
- Subject: Re: SunPC or Puzzle Systems?
- Message-ID: <bern.728250259@agrippina>
- Originator: bern@agrippina
- Keywords: SunPC Puzzle Emulator
- Sender: news@rzultr.uni-trier.de (USENET News System)
- Organization: Theor. CS, FB IV / CS, Univ. of Trier, Germany (Internet TI.Uni-Trier.DE)
- References: <tinkess.728007166@cambridge> <DocKnow.728231122@socrates>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:44:19 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- In <DocKnow.728231122@socrates> DocKnow@socrates.cs.athabascau.ca (Yves Morin) writes:
- >tinkess@cambridge.mitchell.com (Randall Tinkess) writes:
- >>I have to make a choice between the SunPC emulator product or a
- >>similar product which is made by Puzzle Systems. I don't
- >>know which is the better choice. The Sun product is 486-25MHz
- >>and Puzzle offers the 486 at both 25 and 30MHz.
-
- >>I know that clock speed on the co-processor card is only one of many
- >>factors to consider but I don't have any empirical data to evaluate.
-
- >>Does anyone have a recommendation about these products?
-
- >I do have a recommendation buy a PC clone. Here we have both and neither is
- >a viable solution since both are unstable and have various limitations.
-
- >I must say that Sun PC is better and easier to configure.
-
- Since you're speaking of PC *Emulators* vs. *standalone* PCs, how about a
- Design which merges the Pros of both? I haven't installed it yet, but I've
- got a "Coprocessor Board" from Puzzle called Synergy II. It is a SBus Card
- (plus Software) containing a PC. The Software allows you to run the PC -
- which *really* runs all by himself - AND to have various "Connections"
- between both, especially Re-Use of the Sun's RAM, Filesystems, serial
- Lines, Keyboard, Mouse, and Screen; The PC "sees" extended RAM, several
- HD Drives, LPTs, a special Mouse Driver, and a SVGA Card. In Addition,
- one serial and one parallel Port exist physically on the Card.
-
- >>One of my main concerns is the switch-over to Solaris 2.1 and my
- >>fear that a third-party product may be slow to advance the needed
- >>drivers!
-
- >Sun PC isn't Solaris 2.x ready yet... and we have not heard from puzzle....
-
- Well, that wouldn't be good with a Synergy II. Its Software is currently
- available for up to 4.1.2 ... Regards,
- J. Bern
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