Date: Mon, 4 Feb 91 10:50:33 EST From: Dwight D. McKay (The Moderator) Reply-To: Suns-at-Home@orchestra.ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V4 #5 To: Suns-at-Home-List Suns-at-Home Digest Mon, 4 Feb 91 Volume 4 : Issue 5 Today's Topics: Ethernet loopback device SLC Workstation Question Suns-at-Home Digest V4 #4 (2/50 memory) +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Submissions: suns-at-home \ @orchestra.ecn.purdue.edu | | Requests: suns-at-home-request > -- or -- | | Archives: suns-at-home-archives / ...rutgers!pur-ee!... | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 91 14:02:13 -0800 From: Jim Lick Subject: Ethernet loopback device To: Suns-at-Home@ecn.purdue.edu To make a fat Ethernet loopback device: 1) Get a Male DB-15, plus shell if you want it to look nice. 2) Connect a wire from pins 3 to 5 (3=Transmit+;5=Receive+). 3) Connect a wire from pins 10 to 12 (10=Transmit-;12=Receive-). 4) Connect a wire from pins 13 to 14 (13=Power;14=Reserved??). 5) Slap on the shell. This device can be used as a loopback on a fat ethernet port on a standalone workstation, or can be used on the 'out' port of a multiport transceiver to isolate a group of computers in case there is a network problem, or there is no main network in your building. Jim Lick Work: University of California | Home: 6657 El Colegio #24 Santa Barbara | Isla Vista, CA 93117-4280 Dept. of Mechanical Engr. | (805) 968-0189 voice/msg 2311 Engr II Building | (805) 968-1239 data (805) 893-4113 | (805) 968-2734 fax jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu | Soon: jim@cave.sba.ca.us ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jan 91 06:34:56 est From: wizvax!stephie@samsung.com (Stephanie P. Gilgut) Subject: SLC Workstation Question To: samsung!suns-at-home@orchestra.ecn.purdue.edu Hi, I am running a 2/120 with 225M of Disk and it just isn't enough. I have a Solbourne with 3 CPUs at work (and others) and my compile times at home and a need for faster modems (increased news feeds) makes the interrupt driven serial ports a nightmare. I want to upgrade. A friend recommend the SLC, and a 3rd party 676M shoebox drive. Have any of you experience with one of these? Will the serial ports support 9600 baud modems without crashing via silo overflows? How will it survive is I throw X11R4 and 1-2 X terms on it? Thanks in advance. Steph Stephanie Paula Gilgut uunet!samsung!wizvax!stephie / uunet!wang!cg-atla!wizvax!stephie "When You Wish Upon A Star, It Makes No Difference Who You Are; Anything your heart desires will come to you." -Disney ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jan 1991 12:17:37 -0600 (CST) From: "Anthony A. Datri" Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V4 #4 To: Suns-at-Home@ecn.purdue.edu >I've only been reading sah for a few days, but already I've seen >references to '5 meg' and '8 meg' 2/50s. I thought that the max >amount of RAM you could have was 4 megs.. It depends on your CPU board. 2/50 cpu's were made with 1, 2, 3, and 4 meg on-board, and there was an add-in board for the second slot for more memory, and for the SCSI board. -- you can store data in the right half of a POPJ ------------------------------ End of Suns-at-Home Digest ******************************