On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Manuel A. Camacho Q. wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to get a Sun Workstation (second hand). I plan using it as an
> engineering workstation, mostly CAD and math software. As I have never used
> one before, I have some basic questions.
>
> I looked some on the net, but I did not seem to see any with CD-ROM and/or
> floppy. Can this workstations work alone or should they work always
> networked?
either way
>
> I found a 50 MHz SPARK workstation with 128MB of RAM. What is the intel
> equivalent for this system?
>
What type of sparc? thats like saying a 50mhz intel. You have to specify
the actual processor name. I had a SS20 with dual 50mhz processors and it
was dog slow compared to even a PII 233.
> I plan running RH 6.2 on this system. So, whenever I want to install any
> other program, I will have to download the tarbals and compile. Is there any
> difference between a tarbal for intel and a tarball for SPARK?
sometimes a tarball is designed for multiple architectures. Sometimes it
doesn't have to be, if it uses only basic functions (no hardware).......it
just depends.
>
> I have PowerTools CDs, which, AFAIK, will be useless for the SPARK. But, as
> I have also the SRPMs, can I use them to rebuild the packages for SPARK?
Intel, sparc and alpha are all full fledged Redhat distributions. They
all have powertools cd's that go with them.
>
> BIOS setup for most intel machines is made through a BIOS chip, although for
> some boxes (such as micro channel architecture from IBM and some COMPAQs),
> setup is made through software. What method is used for Suns?
eeprom. You should search for some sun faqs. www.sunhelp.org
>
> Is the display to use the same for a Sun than for an intel based PC?? I
> found also a 21" display, but I don't know if I need to take special care on
> choosing the hardware.
you have to make sure the display is compatable. Some suns have RGB
coax outputs some have a 13w3 connector.
>
> Is there any manual or book that you can recommend me about these equipment?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Manuel.
>
>
>
>
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