Sun Sparc ID

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Sat Oct 12 11:50:00 2002

Ethan Dicks wrote:

> > IIRC, IPCs had mono onboard video.
>
> Yes. A BW2 frame buffer. CG3s (basic Sun video) and CG6s (mildly
> accelerated) are inexpensive to free. They are both 8-bit. You
> probably don't want to deal with 24-bit graphics on hardware that old.
> It's slow as molasses in January, but it does exist.
>
> If the IPC was free and you had a burning desire to play with a SPARC,
> by all means go for it. For people who want to learn Solaris (friends
> who are looking to enhance their career opportunities), I'm recommending
> OT hardware - SPARC5, Ultra 1/170e, etc. To put prices into perspective,
> I picked up an as-is SPARC 5/110 at Dayton for $40, with 3 x 32MB (the
> cheap bastards), 5 x 8MB, no disk, drive sled, 100BaseTX/Wide SCSI
> and a dead PSU. Obviously, I paid too much, but I did get a couple of
> $10 DIMMs, a sled, a 100BaseTX card, and a spare motherboard for my
> troubles. I would not pay anywhere near half that for sun4c hardware.
>
> -ethan


Okay, I'll explain that to the present owner. I looked at e-greed and
they were commanding <$10. This one may have another frame buffer card,
as there are two of those 13W3 connectors on the back.

Gary HIldebrand
St. Joseph, MO
Received on Sat Oct 12 2002 - 11:50:00 BST