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From: devil@TECHUNIX.BITNET (Gil Tene)
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Subject: SLC S-bus expansion : SUMMARY.
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 1 Jun 90 18:11:01 GMT
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The question was something like : "Can I use S-bus expansion products
to add S-bus slots to the Sparcstation SLC ?".

To quote kessler@suneast.East.Sun.COM (Tom Kessler) :
"Think of it as a zero slot S-bus with a monochrome framebuffer
 permanently attached to it. "

It seems that the SLC has the Sbus architecture built into it, but "wired"
out of it. The one S-bus connection is the mono frame buffer which is
wired onto the board, no Sbus connectors going out.

This means : NO ! you cannot fiddle with the SLC and add Sbus slots to it,
what a shame...

Thanks to the following people for their QUICK and informative responses :

kessler@suneast.East.Sun.COM (Tom Kessler)
david@Eng.Sun.COM (fire, walk with me)
bukys@cs.rochester.edu

Gil Tene                      "Some days it just doesn't pay     |
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