Figure 1–7 Exploded View of the SPARCstation 10 System
SBus Cards
You can add various SBus cards to the four SBus slots on the main logic board.
Figure 1–5 illustrates the SBus slots. See Chapter 10 for information on how to
replace SBus cards. Following is a list of some of the Sun SBus cards available for the
SPARCstation 10 system.
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GX Graphics Accelerator Card
This card occupies one slot. This card controls the video output from the system unit,
and accelerates the generation of graphic images.
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Color Frame Buffer Card
This card occupies one SBus slot. This card controls the video output from the
system unit to a color monitor.
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GS Graphics Accelerator Card
This option consists of two cards that are plugged into each other on their
component sides. These triple-width SBus cards are installed in the top SBus slot, so
you cannot install a second MBus module. This option provides 24-bit color and
3-dimensional graphics capabilities. It also requires a 76 Hz color monitor.
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SPARCstation 10 Service Manual ♦ Revision A, July 1993