tim@vicom.com (Tim Richardson) (09/25/89)
=In article <1637@brazos.Rice.edu> you write:
=X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 131, message 10 of 11
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=Some potential compatibility problems with Solbourne (and, I presume,
=other vendors to come) are that they don't quite offer a complete SunOS (a
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=P.S. We don't have a Solbourne. I'd be interested in hearing directly
=from people who do. Most requests to this list for Solbourne experiences
=seem to go unanswered.
Not only does Solbourne not have a completely compatible software release
with 100% of Sun software, they aren't even hardware compatible. Their
implementation of the VMEbus leaves the Rev C1 published spec., writhing
in agony. I mean like who ever heard of not being able to address in A32
space??? or having to drive the upper 8 address bits to zero (remember
that the backplane terminators drive them to a logic 1 if not driven by
the current bus master) even if you want to talk in A24 space?
'Course thats not all, but it should give you an idea.
Tim Richardson
| ames!vsi1!tim tim@vicom.com
Vicom Systems Inc.dank@tybalt.caltech.edu (Daniel R. Kegel) (10/07/89)
In article <1667@brazos.Rice.edu> tim@vicom.com (Tim Richardson) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 133, message 8 of 9 >Not only does Solbourne not have a completely compatible software release >with 100% of Sun software, they aren't even hardware compatible... We have been using three Solbourne 4/501's for two months now, with no compatibility problems. We are currently running CAD tools from Valid (GED) and Gateway (Verilog); their Sun4 releases linked and ran without incident on our machines. As far as our application programs are concerned, Solbournes are quite compatible. I also relish having an underworked technical support team to call upon when I need help with Unix. Calling Solbourne's 800 number gets you connected immediately with an engineer. I have not done any kernel hacking or hardware work, so I can't comment on compatibility in those areas.