Re: Best release for an old SPARCclassic

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 12, 2008, at 15:46, Ganimede wrote:

> now I use NetBSD 3.1 SPARC on an old SPARCclassic workstation with  
> 48MB ram, 1 GB internal hd (other HDs are in an external SCSI box  
> dedicate at file sharing in my home's 10MB network) and MicroSPARC  
> 50Mhz process.

I /think/ you can get it up to 96MB using 70ns FPM PS/2 SIMMs with  
parity ( 33bit or 36bit parity doesn't matter - if you use 36bit it  
only uses 33 anyway )

> I know that it's old... but I love this box and it stay with me  
> from several years.

Oh, we understand that ;)

> Performance, it is a problem... I use it as samba, nfs, DHCP, DNS  
> server... and sometime I use PostgreSQL as db for my cd/lp  
> collection. All work file but if I use and old NetBSD release...  
> can it be faster then 3.1 ?

Good question, you might want non-broken threading support though and  
then -current is the way to go.

> No X at the moment...

Build a wscons kernel and XFree86 should Just Work. Xsun should work  
out of the box. Neither will be very fast since the classic's onboard  
cg3 doesn't have a blitter.

> So... for an old SPARCclassic what it fasert NetBSD relase?

Depends what features you want or need.

have fun
Michael

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