thus Christer O. Andersson spake:
> On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:41:49PM +0200, Magnus Svantesson wrote:
>> Maybe 3 processors isnīt that common, but who am I to complain? :-)
> 
> No, seems to work, according to another reply. There is nothing
> wrong in using a bit unusual hardware. Possibly harder to get it
> working, though.

no problem in these machines, they even support CPUs running at 
different clock speeds; there's a good page with lots of information on 
this:

http://mbus.sunhelp.org/

>> I had the choice of 3X90 MHz Rossīs or 2X150 MHz Sun processors. Since I had
>> heard a little about overheating problems, I took the Ross processors (mind
>> you, I might still have the option of the 150 MHz ?Supersparcs?. :-)
> 
> I would guess the 150 MHz processors are HyperSparcs as well. I
> don't think SuperSparcs were made for 150 MHz.

SuperSPARC/SuperSPARC II were brainiacs, the HyperSPARC were speed 
daemons. highest speed for SuperSPARC II was 90MHz, and those were very 
rare.

>> I also  have a 10/100 hme0, but since only le0 was discovered during
>> installation, I connected to the latter.
> 
> hme is supported, but you can bring it up later on. le should be
> fine.
> 
>> The sparc included what is supposed to be a special bootprom (ROM  2.22
>> HyperCACHE) required for the Ross processors. I dont know if that might
>> affect my chance of mixing different processors (although at this point, it
>> feels like its something I might worry about later)?
> 
> Should be OK.
> 
>> Also included in the gift was a behemoth 20 inch Sun monitor weighing tons.
>> Reading the nameplate on the back of the monitor, upside down, while
>> standing on a chair, I believe it says: GDM20E20
> 
> Should support your frame buffer, if it is in working condition.

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HTH,

timo