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My RiscPC is completely stable under RiscOS but sig11s under load in Linux. I'm sure Linux is just stressing it more.
Interesting. Of course, it is totally Schrodinger until you perform a core dump analysis (to determine whether it is a hardware or a software fault) 
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Only fairly new Suns (Ultra 5 and newer? newer than any of mine, anyway) have IDE (or PCI for adding it).
Yes. Ultra 30 was the first, in May 1997 followed closely by the Ultra 10, Ultra 5 and Ultra 60 (though not necessarily in that order). IIRC, PCI and IDE were added at the same time, although I guess you might be able to get an SBus IDE card for older machines.
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70W PSU isn't really the issue -- it's not like it draws 70W the whole time. A 150W PSU with a load of 40W isn't going to draw much more current than a 70W PSU with a load of 40W, especially if its fans are on thermostats.
Okay, but the newer Ultras (e.g. U5) have 400W PSUs to support the chipset, expansion bus and IDE drives, and typically run at around 300W.
To ADW: How do you feel about SCSI disks?
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