On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Reginald J. Reed wrote:

> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 20:43:01 -0500 (EST)
> From: Reginald J. Reed <rjr@gomab.racal.com>
> To: Brad Curtis <unde009e@frank.mtsu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Ugh, another Newbie...
> 
> > The server has a large hard disk drive unit which I am told is a RAid 
> > disk array... I'm not sure.
> > 
> 
> Is this drive unit the same size as the server chassis?  If so it is 
> probably SMD disk(s) like the Fujitsu Eagle line.
> 

Yes, the chassis are the same size...  Not fun bringing it up 2 flights 
of stairs...  My back is still on strike.

> 
> > Where should I go from here?  How much is my new equipment worth?
> 
> I'd install NetBSD on either or both of them,especially if you don't have 
> SunOS media.  I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there are so many 
> companies throwing this stuff away (my company tossed at least 30-40 Sun 
> 3 machines in past 4 weeks) that its not worth much except to people like 
> me that run Sun3's at home just for the fun of it.
> 

I do have the tapes for "4.0 DOMESTIC 68020 SUNBIN 1/4'' Tape (boot 
format)"  that is tape 2/2 tape 1/2 is tar format.


> 
> A math co upgrade to a 68882 would not buy you anything (except a 
> possibly non-functional system).  The 68881 is all that is supported in 
> Sun3 arch. machines.  The Sun3x arch may have supported it, but that 
> because they use a 68030 instead of a 68020.

I had read the Sun3 Archive page (somewhere in Europe) which details 
co-processor upgrading and over-clocking.

Brad Curtis