[Suns-at-Home] Re: Re: siemens nixdorf rm200

[Brian]

Yeah I was expectin to put some bsd on it if I cant hang with the native
os..

        Bri

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Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Re: Re: siemens nixdorf rm200


> > > I just picked up one of these, any of u messed with em before??
> >
> > Hm, we have some so called "PrimePower Systems" here, that I am
currently
> > investigating.
> > I think (or believe) that your system is not one of those ('cause
they're
> > expensive), but a predecesor.
>
>  The primepower is an entirely different series of workstations from
Fujitsu-
> Siemens. The primepower uses Sparc64 processors and runs Solaris, while
the RM
> range uses MIPS processor and runs Reliant Unix or Sinix.
>
>  I've been wanting a RM200C for a while, but am unable to get one :(. You
can
> expect a MIPS R4k processor in there, something like 100 to 200 MHz (not
much
> info on this). The C version should have PCI slots instead of EISA on the
RM200.
>
>  I will get Reliant Unix in the very near future, but that will probably
be a
> X86 version.
>
> > I don't know if you can run Solaris on this one, you may
> > have to resort to SiNix or ReliantUnix...
>
>  Solaris won't run on MIPS. NT 4.0 might be supported (not likely).
>
>    regards,
>     Michiel
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