On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:28:05AM -0500, Charles Fultz wrote:
> > I know we had a long discussion about these machines and whether or not
> > they really exist. Well, I found they do exist and that Sun actually made
> > PCI-enabled 32-bit SPARC systems. I felt really stupid when I finally
> > figured it out...
> >
> > Anyone remember the JavaStation line? :)
> >
> > Those are the machines in question. They are CPU equivalent to a SS4 or
> > SS5 and have a stripped down PCI bus to drive the PS/2 mouse and keyboard.
> > And they were made by Sun. It never ever occurred to me to look at those
> > machines.
>
> Well, I'll be a son of b...., that would be the machines! Damn, I
> never even thought about those machines, since they were pretty much a
> bad joke.
>
> Well, what to do now?
Not to worry, I've ordered a JavaStation 1 (the "Mr. Coffee") model.
Should be here next week. They are hard to find and the only place I
found with them offers them for $50. Not bad. Figured it would be nice
to have a sun4m machine lying around.
Once it gets here, I'll get that 32-bit SPARC PCI stuff worked out. :)
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David Cantrell | david@slackware.com
KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
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