[rescue] Axil320?

[Alan Perry]

I have a 320. The material from Axil describe it as a SS20 clone but it somewhere between a 10 and 20. For example, it uses 50-pin SCSI HDDs, not SCA.

I think I have Solaris 2.6 installed on it, but it may be 7. It was my OPENSTEP machine for a while but than only runs one processor so it was a waste to run it on the 320. The version of Solaris on it now has Axil support option(s?).

I also have an Axil 220, which is nominally a LX clone but is more shoebox than lunchbox size. It has a damaged system board and doesn’t boot. Axil had a follow-on called the 245 and a 220 upgrade option that replaced the system board with a 245 one. I am still looking for either board.

alan

> On Feb 9, 2025, at 01:53, William Barnett-Lewis via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> 
> Snooping on Eprey, I saw a listing for an Axil320 Sparcstation 20
> clone. Not a whole lot of info online that I find, apparently Axil was
> a Hyundai subsidiary? And it's supposed to be an exact clone.
> 
> Very little info in the listing: " VERY RARE Complete Axil 320 SUN
> SPARCstation 20 Clone w/Ross TurboGX SCSI Powers
> Please see pictures for condition. Customer Trade-in. Tested to Power
> only and unit does power. Sold as-is due to the nature of this
> product."
> 
> Photos of the motherboard shows a Ross Mbus module a S-bus SCSI card
> (I think) and a TGX video card and 5 sticks of ram. Floppy but no
> drives. Cables are 68 pin narrow SCSI. Dirty but they say it powers
> up. It's somewhat tempting.
> 
> Anyone have experience with this model of clone? Anyway to tell what
> the module is from the part number on it? 323-0014-01. Didn't see
> anything on Axil or Ross at Bitsavers, alas.
> 
> William
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