Sparc at home

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>
Date: Fri Jul 13 12:42:48 2001

> >I wouldn't mind a SS20 at haul-away prices, even without CPUs.
> >I've got a bunch of CPUs, just no box to put them in.
>
> The SS20 chassis themselves can be found in the $100-200 range, not to bad,
> it's when you start adding the rest of the parts they get expensive. I got
> "lucky" for $150 I got the chassis, 2 SM71's, and the internal CD-ROM.
> Plus I already had a good stash of S-Bus cards, and a couple drive brackets
> (from my SS5/70). So I only really had to add RAM, and I already had 16MB
> so I could test it.

I've got all the other bits, I just need an empty box.

> >How expensive is a CPU-less Sparc Ultra? I can get a cheap
> >360u CPU if I can get a cheap system without CPU.
>
> What chassis? An Ultra 2 Chassis still goes for big bucks. Me, I need an
> Ultra 2 case and CPU's, I've got a Motherboard with a dead Ethernet
> connection. I'd love a nice loaded Ultra 2, that would make a *really*
> nice home UNIX box!

I don't know; whatever one a 360u card works in.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Fri Jul 13 2001 - 12:42:48 BST

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