mem%inls1@ucsd.edu (Margaret Mikulska) (06/17/89)
Does anyone know of a vendor selling serial line multiplexers (ALM or similar) for SPARCstation/330 ? The _crucial_ thing is that it fit a 6U slot, as opposed to Sun's ALM-2 that takes up a 9U slot. The less crucial thing is the number of ports: the more the better, but I can live with less than 16. BTW: Does anybody from Sun care to explain why SPARC/330's have only three 9U slots, out of which one is taken by the CPU, another one is not really usable, as the frame buffer - if you have a monitor - takes up its space (that's what a Sun sales rep told me - is this true ?), so there is only ONE 9U expansion slot left, and most Sun boards are 9U ? and this is advertised as "innovative packaging for efficient expansion" ??? Thanks in advance for any leads and info. Margaret Mikulska Institute for Nonlinear Science University of California, San Diego Mail Code Q-075 La Jolla, CA 92093 (619) 534-1452 Internet: mem@inls1.ucsd.edu mmikulska@ucsd.edu Bitnet: MMIKULSKA@UCSD UUCP: ucsd!inls1!mem