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

[Bexley Hall]

> My U5 has an integrated 16MB ATI Rage 215GP (mach64
> chipset), so I can run

Yes, "m64"

> it with a head with some video memory to spare.  The
> weird thing is, Sun's
> manuals explicitly state that the U5 does NOT have a
> UPA port!  I'm just

I suspect it "doesn';t have a UPA port" because there
is no *physical* way of using it!

I've not checked the U10 and U5 side-by-side but I
recall (when seeing the inside of the U5 for the
first time) thinking:  "Geez, this is just a U10
in a desktop (vs. deskSIDE) box!"

<shrug>  Plug in a card and see if it lights up!

--don

> curious as to how it got there, and if it's even
> active.
> 
> Regards,
> Jude Neslson
> 
> On 5/14/07, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Jude,
> >
> > > 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?
> >
> > I don't bother keeping track of the various names
> > for the slots, etc. on Sun kit  :<  (life is too
> > short!).  I run an ultra5 with the onboard video
> > (perhaps it is called m64?) and an ultra10 with
> > the same configuration (I pulled the creator 3D
> card
> > from the U10 since I run it headless, anyway, and
> > why waste more power running a 3D card with
> nothing
> > attached?!  :>  )
> >
> > Note that the height of the U5 chassis is probably
> > *not* sufficient for a 3D card to fit with the
> cover
> > closed.  If you want to run it with a head, a
> better
> > bet is to just grab a U10 instead!
> >
> > Or, something *other* that a U{5,10} that isn't
> > shckled with a crappy IDE interface!
> >
> > --don
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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