[Tfug] [tfug] Sun Ultra 5 UPA port?

[Jude Nelson]

The funny thing is, there's no opening in the chassis for a UPA card to
fit!  It's almost as if the previous owner put an Ultra 10 motherboard into
an Ultra 5 chassis.  I'm not sure if I can fit a UPA card into the
system--I'm not sure how big they are.  I'll bring the box to the next
meeting if you can bring a Creator3D card or similar, and we can try it out
if you want.

Regards,
Jude

On 5/12/07, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
>
> Jude,
>
> Welcome to the world of Sun.  ;)
>
> Do you have a Creator card?  If not, I can loan you one.  Is there room
> to hook it up and test it with the cover removed?
>
> The Debian SPARC list is very helpful for things like that.
>
> Earl
>
>
> "God made man, Sam Colt made men equal."
> "The fates guide him who will, him who won't they drag" Spengler
>
> -- "Jude Nelson" <judecn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I recently acquired a used Sun Ultra 5 workstation (series 3 (i.e. can
> support the 400 MHz UltraSPARC IIi module and 50ns RAM)).  Looking at its
> board, it seems to have a UPA graphics port.  This would make sense,
> because
> it's the same board as the Ultra 10, and the Ultra 10 usually ships with a
> Creator3D or an Elite3D UPA card.  Has anyone ever heard of someone
> running
> a UPA graphics card on an Ultra 5?  There isn't a gap on the back of the
> chassis for one to fit, but that can be changed :)  I'm not sure whether
> or
> not the UPA port is physically enabled, however--can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks all,
> Jude Nelson
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