There is a revision number on the chip, I believe it might be the manufacture date. My SPARC 2 is "9535" and works OK. The earliest revision that works is "9518" or higher.
Hope that helps....... This is not an ad but we sell them too....(www.rave.net) Tad "Georges A. Tomazi" wrote: > Tad, > > At 13:01 29/01/00 -0500, Tad Bilby wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 05:36:17PM +0100, Georges A. Tomazi wrote: > > > > > > > > I was wondering if someone ran successfully "slink" or "potato" on an > > > > IPX > > > > box with a Weitek Power uP processor ? Just wanted to be sure before > > buying > > > > it, as I've seen in the Usenet news a message from someone having > > > > trouble > > > > booting his SPARC/Linux system since he made that upgrade. > > > > > > I have run slink and potato on my Sparc Station 2 w/Weitek Power-UP... > > > It seems to be OK, it was quite awhile ago that that CPU caused problems > > > from what I've read. > > > >You have to have the right revision of the Weitek, can't tell you what the > >right > >one is until I get back to work. > >The later revisions work great. > > What do you mean by "later revisions" ? Do you have a date or a reference > number ? There is a hardware broker advertising on the net a second hand > Power uP for $100, while a brand new is about $195. So to make sure to get > the right one a revision date/number would be very helpful. > > BTW, I experienced a while ago the performance increase on an IPX running > Solaris 2.5, but what about Linux ? Is it really worth buying that upgrade ? > The most significant increase in performance comes from going from a 4m arch to the 4u arch. (ie SS10 to Ultra series) It was worth it for me for the price. If you max out the RAM with a DataRam expansion board to 128MB and the Weitek it is definitely usable and faster. > > Thanks, > > Georges > > -- > Georges A. Tomazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Four J's Development Tools > [http://www.4js.com/] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tad Bilby Rave Computer Assoc. 800-966-7283
