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Old 02-10-2003, 04:17 AM   #1
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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.
 
Old 02-10-2003, 03:37 PM   #2
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Does the thing have PCI slots?
If not check www.eBay.com or www.pricewatch.com
 
Old 02-10-2003, 08:42 PM   #3
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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.

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Old 02-11-2003, 10:45 AM   #4
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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
 
Old 02-11-2003, 11:14 AM   #5
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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
 
Old 02-11-2003, 02:17 PM   #6
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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,

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Old 02-12-2003, 09:56 PM   #7
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Adapt the serial port.
 
  


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