SPARCstation 20

SPARCstation 20

The SPARCstation 20 (a.k.a. SS20, codename Kodiak) is a Sun Microsystems workstation based on the SuperSPARC or hyperSPARC CPU. It was the last model in the SPARCstation family of Sun "pizza box" computers, which was superseded by the UltraSPARC design in 1995.

pecifications

CPU support

The SPARCstation 20 had dual 50 MHz MBus ports that allowed it to use faster CPUs than the SPARCstation 10. With two dual-CPU modules and updated firmware, the SPARCstation 20 supported a maximum of 4 CPUs. The fastest CPU produced for the SPARCstation 20 was the 200 MHz Ross hyperSPARC.

The PROM in the SPARCstation 20 determines CPU compatibility. Version 2.25r was the last PROM release for the SPARCstation 20.

Memory

The SPARCstation 20 has 8 200-pin DSIMM slots, and supports a maximum of 512 MB of memory with 64 MB modules. Memory modules for the SPARCstation 20 are compatible with the SPARCstation 10, Sun Ultra 1, and other computers in the sun4m and Sun4d family, but they are physically incompatible with the SIMM slots found in PC computers.

2 of the 8 SIMM slots are wider than the others and can be used with non-memory peripherals like caching NVSIMM and video VSIMM cards.

Disk drives

The SPARCstation 20 has two internal SCA bays, an external SCSI connector, and two bays for CD-ROM or floppy drives. The CD-ROM and floppy bays are slightly shorter than a standard 3.5" bay and regular devices intended for PC compatible computers do not usually fit.

The SCSI host controller is integrated with the motherboard. The SPARCstation 20 does not support IDE devices.

A limitation in all releases of the OpenBoot PROM for the SPARCstation 20 prevents it from booting from a filesystem larger than 2 gigabytes.

Network Support

The SPARCstation 20 has one integrated AMD Lance 10baseT Ethernet interface. Additional Ethernet interfaces can be added with an SBus card.

Graphics Support

The SPARCstation 20 has a builtin AVB (13W3 video) socket driven by an optional SX (CG14) framebuffer, capable of up to 1280x1024 (8MB) or 1152x900 (4MB) in 24-bit color. Alternatively, SBus cards can be used, including the ZX (Leo), Turbo GX (CG6) and others.

ound Support

The SPARCstation 20 has integrated sound with 4 standard 3.5 mm audio jacks for headphones, microphone, line in, and line out.

NVRAM

The SPARCstation 20 uses NVRAM to hold data about the system, such as the serial number and MAC address. If the battery on the chip dies, then the NVRAM must be reset.

Operating systems

SunOS 4.1.3_U1B onwards, Solaris 2.3 to 9, Linux (Debian, Gentoo, SuSE 7.0 - 7.3, probably others), MirBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD run on the SPARCstation 20. On certain CPU modules (Sun SuperSPARC only), NeXTSTEP 3.3 and OPENSTEP 4.x also run..

Related computers

*SPARCstation 10
*Sun Ultra 1
*Sun Ultra 2

External links

* [http://www.sunstuff.org/hardware/systems/sun4/sun4m/SPARCstation20/ OSIAH SPARCstation 20 Specifications]
* [http://faqaboss.sunhelp.org/ FAQABOSS for old Sun computers]
* [http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/sun-bootroms/ Sun OpenBoot PROM images]
* [http://mbus.sunhelp.org/index.htm The Rough Guide to MBus Modules] (A list of CPU modules for the SPARCstation 20.)

Vendor Documentation

* [http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-2222-10.pdf SPARCstation 20 System Configuration Guide]
* [http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/801-6189-12 SPARCstation 20 Service Manual]
* [http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SS10/PROM_BootPROM_Sun4m.html Sun4m Boot PROM Revisions]


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