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From: hart@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Bill Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: 3/160 upgrades ?
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 28 Nov 90 17:45:45 GMT
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I've currently got an old 3/160, and possibly have some money around to do
something about it. I know it is possible to upgrade it to a 4/260 at a
hideous cost, but what about sticking something like a SPARCengine2 (or
even 1) in it is it possible ? And what about frame buffers and that sort
of stuff would I be able to use my monochrome keyboard. Or would it just
be much cheaper to go out and buy a SLC or sparcstation (it seems a shame
to waste that solid piece of sheet metal engineering) ?

Bill Hart	CSIRO Division of Oceanography		Australia
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Email hart@ocean.ml.csiro.au