Subject: Re: SparcStation 5 vs. 10
To: Brad Spencer <brad@anduin.eldar.org>
From: Len Rose <len@netsys.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/31/2000 23:46:25
There were supposedly.. i never saw one. (grabbing old dusty manuals) it 
seems, the processors avail. were:

SM40 SuperSPARC 501-2219 (40mhz)
SM30 SuperSPARC 501-1889 (33 mhz)
SM20 SuperSPARC 501-2218 (33mhz)

SM41 SuperSPARC 501-2258 (40mhz) worked with SS10, 630, 670, 690
SM51 SuperSPARC 501-2352 (50mhz) worked with SS10, 630, 670, 690
SM52X SuperSPARC 501-2431 (2x50mhz) SS10 only

SM71 SuperSPARC II 501-2520 (2x75mhz) SS10 and SS20 (boot prom 2.22+)


On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:33:41PM -0400, Brad Spencer wrote:
> 
>       SS10 is dog slow. The stock processors were 40mhz. I believe the slowest SS5
>       was 75mhz. Most of the SS10's you see being sold are also single processor.
>       The cpu is sun4c(memory is fading from those days) while the SS5 is sun4m.
> 
> 
>    actually, the original CPU's in a 10 were 33mhz.
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>    also, ss10's are quad-cpu capable.
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> 
> Slightly off topic....  but....  was there a couple of different
> motherboards, then??  I presume that the quad unit has 4 MBUS slots, or
> were dual cpu modules used.  The reason I ask is that my SS10 only has 2
> MBUS slots.
> 
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