What PCMCIA USB Card Works Well With a Sun SBus PCMCIA Controller Card on Solaris 10? - SUN

Dear Sir/Madam:

I have a Sun SBus PCMCIA Controller Card, Model X1030A; Sun Part
Number: 595-3375. This SBus card is installed on my Sun Ultra2
workstation (2 X 300 MHz UltraSparc CPU, 512 MB RAM, and 2 X 18.2 GB
Ultra SCSI hard drives), running on Sun Solaris 10, as the Operating
System. I would like to use a PCMCIA USB card (the type that is
normally used on the PCMCIA slot on laptops) with this controller card.

Does anyone know of a good laptop PCMCIA USB / Firewire card (Make and
Model) that works well with Sun Solaris 10 (out of the box, without
having to download and install 3rd party device drivers), in
conjunction with this Sun SBus PCMCIA Controller Card on my Ultra2? (I
need USB much more than Firewire; Firewire for me is not necessary but
nice). I plan to use this USB port with my USB devices, such as my
digital camera, USB drives (thumb/jump drive), and other USB devices)
with my Ultra2 workstation. I welcome any ideas and suggestions from
anyone who has knowledge and/or experience with such a configuration
that I just described.

Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,

Kevin Shen

"Kevin Shen" writes:

>I have a Sun SBus PCMCIA Controller Card, Model X1030A; Sun Part
>Number: 595-3375. This SBus card is installed on my Sun Ultra2
>workstation (2 X 300 MHz UltraSparc CPU, 512 MB RAM, and 2 X 18.2 GB
>Ultra SCSI hard drives), running on Sun Solaris 10, as the Operating
>System. I would like to use a PCMCIA USB card (the type that is
>normally used on the PCMCIA slot on laptops) with this controller card.

>Does anyone know of a good laptop PCMCIA USB / Firewire card (Make and
>Model) that works well with Sun Solaris 10 (out of the box, without
>having to download and install 3rd party device drivers), in
>conjunction with this Sun SBus PCMCIA Controller Card on my Ultra2? (I
>need USB much more than Firewire; Firewire for me is not necessary but
>nice). I plan to use this USB port with my USB devices, such as my
>digital camera, USB drives (thumb/jump drive), and other USB devices)
>with my Ultra2 workstation. I welcome any ideas and suggestions from
>anyone who has knowledge and/or experience with such a configuration
>that I just described.

I think this will require at least cardbus support in Solaris,
so a latish Solaris Express release. Then, I think, the ordinary
*hci adaptors should be able to attach to the Cardbus USB/IEEE1394 cards

Casper
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According to Casper H.S. Dik :
> "Kevin Shen" writes:
>
> >I have a Sun SBus PCMCIA Controller Card, Model X1030A; Sun Part
> >Number: 595-3375. This SBus card is installed on my Sun Ultra2
> >workstation (2 X 300 MHz UltraSparc CPU, 512 MB RAM, and 2 X 18.2 GB
> >Ultra SCSI hard drives), running on Sun Solaris 10, as the Operating
> >System. I would like to use a PCMCIA USB card (the type that is
> >normally used on the PCMCIA slot on laptops) with this controller card.
>
> >Does anyone know of a good laptop PCMCIA USB / Firewire card (Make and
> >Model) that works well with Sun Solaris 10 (out of the box, without

[ ... ]

> I think this will require at least cardbus support in Solaris,
> so a latish Solaris Express release. Then, I think, the ordinary
> *hci adaptors should be able to attach to the Cardbus USB/IEEE1394 cards

Hmm ... what are the chances that this could be used to accept a
USB mouse? There is an optical Logitech trackball which would be a lot
nicer to use in my current setup than either the Sun optical or ball
type mice.

And "Solaris Express"? Is this related to the downloadable
source code for Solaris 10? Or is this another (even later) release of
Solaris?

Also -- will the sBus PCMCIA adaptors accept a Cardbus? (I've
not checked whether that will fit -- but certain other PCMCIA adaptors
definitely won't accept a Cardbus card -- a difference in the guide
rails appears to be the main thing.

If this will work with a USB mouse, it will postpone needing to
replace my Ultra-2 with an Ultra-60.

Thanks,
DoN.
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
> And "Solaris Express"? Is this related to the downloadable
> source code for Solaris 10? Or is this another (even later) release of
> Solaris?

The next version of Solaris is under development (codename Nevada).
It's built from a combination of the OpenSolaris code and some closed
source bits put together. A recent build of Nevada is available for
installation and use as Solaris Express.

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According to Darren Dunham :
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
> > And "Solaris Express"? Is this related to the downloadable
> > source code for Solaris 10? Or is this another (even later) release of
> > Solaris?
>
> The next version of Solaris is under development (codename Nevada).
> It's built from a combination of the OpenSolaris code and some closed
> source bits put together. A recent build of Nevada is available for
> installation and use as Solaris Express.

Thanks,
DoN.

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