lost@the.net wrote:
> Okay, I scrounged up a SunPCI (375 0095) card and am wondering if
> anyone has made one work in an Ultra 80, 420R or Netra T 1405.
> Searching the Sun website I found the software and manual for the
> card.
>
> I'm running Solaris 10. Anyone care to clue me in on what problems I'm
> going to find? Has anyone done this and would they care to outline the
> steps it takes to get it running? I need the Windows / DOS capability
> for a rather simple Programmable Logic Controller programming package
> and don't want to clutter up what little space I have with yet another
> computer.
>
> Thanks!
>
> a/k/a Brian
>

I've got a Sun PCI II pro card with a 733 MHz Celeron (I can't give the
p/n off hand). It not officially supported in Solaris 10, but there are
hacks around to get it to work.

http://blog.ekholm.org/2005/02/04/so...pci-ii-tricks/

I'm using it in an Ultra 80. It is pretty slow for many things, but
usable. I found the fan rather noisy (its small, runs at very high
speed). I decided in my Ultra 80 the cooling air was sufficient that I
removed the fan from the Sun PCI card. It's been working with no fan
since at least 23 May 2003 - I know this as I posted the results of my
fan removal on a newsgroup, which is archived by Google.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/com...5a390def5af24b

If its a Sun PCI II card, you need the 2.x software (I think 2.3.2 is
the latest), and not the 3.x.

I'd certainly give it a try. I use my regularly to play chess on the
internet. But use an Opteron or a dual-core laptop box for more
demanding applications.

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