Ichiro Hieda wrote:
> Hi Geoff and the list,
>
> In article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Blake) wrote:
>
> > Is there anybody on the list using a Sun IPC as a radio port?
>
> Geoff, is Sun IPC a kind of serial port? I'm sorry I don't know at all
> about SUN.
>
> What I'm doing is using a PCI serial card (Comtrol RocketPort Octacable)
> for x86 PC on the PowerMac with LinuxPPC 1999 Q3. The dirver was ported by
> myself. The card has 8 ports and all of them can be used for TNC
> connection.
>
> If your Sun has PCI bus, this kind of approach is an alternative (again I
> don't know SUN).
>
Sun Microsystems is a hardware/software manufacturer similar to Dell or
Gateway, only they make UNIX workstations and servers. They used to use SunOS
on their machines, but have since changed their OS to Solaris. So The Sparc
IPC, since its older, would have SunOS on it.
If you want to know more about Sun go to their website
http://www.sun.com
The bus architecture that Sun uses is proprietary, so Intel-based architectures
like PCI wouldn't work in a Sun computer. Nor would any other hardware from an
Intel-based machine work on a Sun.
The IPC is a model of workstation that Sun used to make, its full title is Sun
SparcStation IPC.
Its a nice compact little unit, in what they called the "lunch-box" CPU case,
because its about the size of those lunch boxes we used to have in kindergarten
;-).
There are several Linux distributions (RedHat for one) that have a port for the
Sparc processor which is what is used on Sun machines.
I have a Sun SparcStation IPC, I might be willing to sell it if anyone is
interested. I also have a Sun SparcStation 1. I have the monitor for the IPC,
no video cable though. I also have a Sun keyboard that would work with either
one, but no keyboard cable, and no mouse.
> If you are not looking for serial support information, this messages is NIL
> for you.
>
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> Ichiro Hieda
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