Re: Ressurecting an IPX

On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:19:16 +0000
"Angus Fox (Mac.Com)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> What OS should I run on it today. No GUI required. Need good disk
> utils, like rsync, and smb/afp or nfs networking.
NetBSD. Period. I am running NetBSD on sun4c SPARCs for 15 years now
and it simply and plain Just Works (C) (R) (TM). pkgsrc will give you
any additional software you need.

If you wane get a blast from the past use SunOS 4.x.

> Whats the biggest capacity and fastest type of hard disk I can use with it.
The IPX has 8 bit SCSI, Fast SCSI at best. So you will not get more
then 10 MB/s as this is the limit of the SCSI interface. You should be
able to use any SCSI disk, even "modern" LVD disks. You may require a
68 pin to 50 adapter and this adapter may cause mechanical problems due
to the limited space in the IPX. 
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