regenerate (Sun Ultra 60)
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Hardware
| Make | Sun |
| Year | 2000 |
| Model | Ultra 60 |
| Chassis | Ultra 60 |
| Power Supply | 350W Artesyn EPO71295 |
| Processor | 2x 450 MHz UltraSPARC II |
| Memory | |
| Ports | |
| Graphics | Sun XVR-600 |
| Sun Creator 3D | |
| Sun XVR-100 | |
| Storage | |
| Display | - |
| Int. Peripherals | Belkin F5U220 USB |
| Sun FastEthernet PCI | |
| Ext. Peripherals | |
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| Weight | 21.16 kg (46 lbs 10 oz) |
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Log
An Ultra SPARC machine
I bought this as a complete machine. The auction was titled "Sun Ultra 60 Creator 3D 1.5GB RAM/54GB HDD/CD-ROM/350W PSU Workstation Computer".
At the same time I got a XVR-600, and a Belkin F5U220 USB card.
First upgrades
I got a pair of 450 MHz UltraSPARC II CPUs to replace the single 360 MHz CPU. It also needed a new M48T59Y timekeeper/NVRAM chip. I think I bought a couple chips. I still have the original module.
Maintenance, Gigabit + SCSI card 501-6635, XVR-100 Graphics
I think the 'new' timekeeper module had died by now. I gave it a new coin cell with a little modification.
I got a few 64-bit PCI, dual gigabit ethernet, SCSI combo adapters. These were a bit much for the Ultra 60. I remember them working, but they never achieved anything like gigabit speeds. The Ultra is just too slow.
I also got an XVR-100 (ATI Radeon 7000), around the same time, and some drivers.
A UPA framebuffer mishap
Not sure on the exact date on this. At some point I was trying out the original Creator3D UPA framebuffer, and it did not get seated fully. A short happened, and things got a bit hot near the slot.
I ended up shelving the card figuring it was dead, and that the slot might be destroyed. Later on I tried it again, and found everything had survived.
Now I just think the UPA connector is a bad design, and I will always triple check those cards any time I mess with the machine.
