Okay, I scrounged up a SunPCI (375 0095) card and am wondering if
anyone has made one work in an Ultra 80, 420R or Netra T 1405.
Searching the Sun website I found the software and manual for the
card.

I'm running Solaris 10. Anyone care to clue me in on what problems I'm
going to find? Has anyone done this and would they care to outline the
steps it takes to get it running? I need the Windows / DOS capability
for a rather simple Programmable Logic Controller programming package
and don't want to clutter up what little space I have with yet another
computer.

Thanks!

a/k/a Brian

lost@the.net wrote:
> Okay, I scrounged up a SunPCI (375 0095) card and am wondering if
> anyone has made one work in an Ultra 80, 420R or Netra T 1405.
> Searching the Sun website I found the software and manual for the
> card.
>
> I'm running Solaris 10. Anyone care to clue me in on what problems I'm
> going to find? Has anyone done this and would they care to outline the
> steps it takes to get it running? I need the Windows / DOS capability
> for a rather simple Programmable Logic Controller programming package
> and don't want to clutter up what little space I have with yet another
> computer.
>
> Thanks!
>
> a/k/a Brian
>

I've got a Sun PCI II pro card with a 733 MHz Celeron (I can't give the
p/n off hand). It not officially supported in Solaris 10, but there are
hacks around to get it to work.

http://blog.ekholm.org/2005/02/04/so...pci-ii-tricks/

I'm using it in an Ultra 80. It is pretty slow for many things, but
usable. I found the fan rather noisy (its small, runs at very high
speed). I decided in my Ultra 80 the cooling air was sufficient that I
removed the fan from the Sun PCI card. It's been working with no fan
since at least 23 May 2003 - I know this as I posted the results of my
fan removal on a newsgroup, which is archived by Google.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/com...5a390def5af24b

If its a Sun PCI II card, you need the 2.x software (I think 2.3.2 is
the latest), and not the 3.x.

I'd certainly give it a try. I use my regularly to play chess on the
internet. But use an Opteron or a dual-core laptop box for more
demanding applications.

---
Dave (from the UK)

Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form: month-year@althorne.org
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.

http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/ - a Free open-source Chess Database

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:43:58 +0100, "Dave (from the UK)"
<see-my-signature@southminster-branch-line.org.uk> wrote:

>lost@the.net wrote:
>> Okay, I scrounged up a SunPCI (375 0095) card and am wondering if
>> anyone has made one work in an Ultra 80, 420R or Netra T 1405.
>> Searching the Sun website I found the software and manual for the
>> card.
>>
>> I'm running Solaris 10. Anyone care to clue me in on what problems I'm
>> going to find? Has anyone done this and would they care to outline the
>> steps it takes to get it running? I need the Windows / DOS capability
>> for a rather simple Programmable Logic Controller programming package
>> and don't want to clutter up what little space I have with yet another
>> computer.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> a/k/a Brian
>>
>
>I've got a Sun PCI II pro card with a 733 MHz Celeron (I can't give the
>p/n off hand). It not officially supported in Solaris 10, but there are
>hacks around to get it to work.
>
>http://blog.ekholm.org/2005/02/04/so...pci-ii-tricks/
>
>I'm using it in an Ultra 80. It is pretty slow for many things, but
>usable. I found the fan rather noisy (its small, runs at very high
>speed). I decided in my Ultra 80 the cooling air was sufficient that I
>removed the fan from the Sun PCI card. It's been working with no fan
>since at least 23 May 2003 - I know this as I posted the results of my
>fan removal on a newsgroup, which is archived by Google.
>
>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/com...5a390def5af24b
>
>If its a Sun PCI II card, you need the 2.x software (I think 2.3.2 is
>the latest), and not the 3.x.
>
>I'd certainly give it a try. I use my regularly to play chess on the
>internet. But use an Opteron or a dual-core laptop box for more
>demanding applications.
>
>---
>Dave (from the UK)
>
>Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
>It is always of the form: month-year@althorne.org
>Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.
>
>http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/ - a Free open-source Chess Database

Thanks, Dave. The links you so graciously provided are now bookmarked
in my browser. I'll have a chance to tinker later this week and will
post results here.

a/k/a Brian

"Dave (from the UK)" <see-my-signature@southminster-branch-line.org.uk>
wrote in message news:4629cecf@212.67.96.135...
> lost@the.net wrote:
>> Okay, I scrounged up a SunPCI (375 0095) card and am wondering if
>> anyone has made one work in an Ultra 80, 420R or Netra T 1405.
>> Searching the Sun website I found the software and manual for the
>> card. I'm running Solaris 10. Anyone care to clue me in on what problems
>> I'm
>> going to find? Has anyone done this and would they care to outline the
>> steps it takes to get it running? I need the Windows / DOS capability
>> for a rather simple Programmable Logic Controller programming package
>> and don't want to clutter up what little space I have with yet another
>> computer.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> a/k/a Brian
>>
>
> I've got a Sun PCI II pro card with a 733 MHz Celeron (I can't give the
> p/n off hand). It not officially supported in Solaris 10, but there are
> hacks around to get it to work.
>
> http://blog.ekholm.org/2005/02/04/so...pci-ii-tricks/
>
> I'm using it in an Ultra 80. It is pretty slow for many things, but
> usable. I found the fan rather noisy (its small, runs at very high speed).
> I decided in my Ultra 80 the cooling air was sufficient that I removed the
> fan from the Sun PCI card. It's been working with no fan since at least
> 23 May 2003 - I know this as I posted the results of my fan removal on a
> newsgroup, which is archived by Google.
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/com...5a390def5af24b
>
> If its a Sun PCI II card, you need the 2.x software (I think 2.3.2 is the
> latest), and not the 3.x.
>
> I'd certainly give it a try. I use my regularly to play chess on the
> internet. But use an Opteron or a dual-core laptop box for more demanding
> applications.
>
> ---
> Dave (from the UK)
>
> Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
> It is always of the form: month-year@althorne.org
> Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.
>
> http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/ - a Free open-source Chess Database
>

I bought a Sun Blade 1000 and it had one of those 733MHz SunPCI cards in it.
It was more than a little noisy, it was very nosiy.
I no longer have the card (scrapped).

Gerald Sinkiewicz wrote:
> I bought a Sun Blade 1000 and it had one of those 733MHz SunPCI cards in it.
> It was more than a little noisy, it was very nosiy.

Yeah, I ran that combination too. But, I removed the fan from the
SunPCI card, leaving the copper heat sink attached. It ran fine for
years.

I think the OP is asking about the 400 MHz version. It'll work but
it'll be kinda slow. The 733 MHz version certainly was. Best bet is to
max out the RAM on the card..

Mine is still in the SB1000 but that machine is sitting in out in the
hall, unused, since I migrated to Sun Rays. You can't imagine how cool
it is to have a totally silent office!
--
HZ