Subject: Re: Carrera CPUs in Pizzabox Cases?
To: None <curt@portal.ca>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 03/26/1996 15:59:43
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 12:01:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: Curt Sampson <curt@portal.ca>

> I've got a couple of Sun 3 3004 "Carrera" CPU boards (501-1164,
> 4MB RAM), and some dead Sun 3/50 units. It has just dawned on me
> that these boards fit right into the chassis of a Sun 3/50 pizza
> box, excepting of course that only the far right connector mates
> with the connector inside the box.
> 
> Does this pizzabox connector supply power just like any VMEBUS
> connector? Can I put one of these CPU boards in a 3/50 box and run
> it just like a 3/50? Or am I dreaming?

I'm not sure if the memory bus (on the P2 connector) will be happy,
and it might bake itself with only the wimpy fan in the 3/50 chasis.
I wouldn't do it unless you are willing to risk damaging it...

Gordon