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02-10-2003, 04:17 AM
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Sun Parts?
Hi all,
Does anyone know where I can get an ethernet card for a Sun Sparc Classic?
(I know, I know, its ancient but it still works a treat in non-gui mode).
Thanks in advance.
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02-10-2003, 03:37 PM
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Does the thing have PCI slots?
If not check www.eBay.com or www.pricewatch.com
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02-10-2003, 08:42 PM
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Is the card sbus? if so its pretty hard, with the first eth onboard, its hard to find those old 10-BaseT sbus cards and most of the pre-SS5 era machines can't handle the 10/100 version.
Cheers,
Finegan
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02-11-2003, 10:45 AM
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Yeah it is sbus, I mean the machine is OLD! But free and it forces me to use the command line, so what the hell ![Big Grin](https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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02-11-2003, 11:14 AM
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eBay man, eBay. Every now and then you can find comanies clearing their IT lab selling old parts in lots; There is bound to be some Sun hardware being sold there at some time. Also, didn't Sun put a NIC in almost everything they made? Does it have maybe 10bT or even a MAU connector?
Or a parallel port? ROFL you could take a crack at PLIP ![Stick Out Tongue](https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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02-11-2003, 02:17 PM
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Yeah, but the downshot is that they're all on the mobo, so the sbus NIC is as hard to find as the 24-bit FB and the sbus 10/100, ballpark $50 last I checked, or you can grab another old sparc classic and strip it, or upgrade to an SS5 or something thereabouts for like $70 (including shipping, ain't cheap, they're heavy.)
Cheers,
Finegan
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02-12-2003, 09:56 PM
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Adapt the serial port.
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