On Wed, May 01 2002 at 16:22:32 +0200, Young, Julian wrote:
> I have the posiblity of obtaing a SparcStation ipx (hopefully for a song)
> can any one give me a quick comparison on this machine compaired to a
> SparcClasic.
Here's a short comparison of a Classic vs an IPX

CPU:  Higher clockrate (50 vs 40MHz)
  v8 vs v7 architecture (does multiply in hardware, but with NetBSD
  you needs special optimized code to use that (-mv8))
  Smaller caches (4k/2K I/D internal vs 64k external)
  more hardware contexts (64 instead of 8)
  floating point unit is /slightly/ slower
Memory:  higher memory bandwith (at least 40% if not >100% I'd say...)
  higher maximal memory capacity (96 vs 64MB)
Bus:  faster sbus (25 vs 20Mhz)
SCSI:  faster host bus adaptor
  (esp200 @ 40Mhz/fast SCSI vs esp100 @ 25Mhz/SCSI)
Graphics: slower/less capable on board graphcis (cgthree instead of cgsix)
Audio:  the same, but different connector
Lan:  same but with an additional twisted pair connector
  uses a hard to find 26 pin mini-D-Sub connector for AUI
Other:  has a parallel port
  Auto power off and keyboard power on (with type 5 keyboard)
  (unlike the SS4 the Classic will automagically start up again
  after power outages)

And the most important thing:
  The case looks cooler!
  (It has the "sun pits" on the lower half of the front)

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