Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 20:22:44 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: obrien@NUXI.com, Paolo Di Francesco <paipai@tin.it>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Read this... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.02.9901012020090.4014-100000@epistolic.cynic.net> In-Reply-To: <368BD135.8038D631@softweyr.com>
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On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Wes Peters wrote: > > > 3) I don't know anyone who wants to sell his/her old sparc. > > > > see comp.sys.sun.wanted > > Or www.rave.com, or www.solarsys.com, etc. Go to your favorite search > engine and search for "used sparc" or "refurbished sparc". I find a fair number of good deals in misc.forsale.computers.workstations. > If you can find one, SPARC ELCs go for about $350 > and IPXs for about $450 these days. For $450, that would be a full system, including a reasonable amount of RAM and disk and a 17" colour monitor. The base itself is usually $30-$60 these days. If you're a poor student, or even if your not, for the initial port you'll get a lot more bang for your buck buying a cheap, old sparc and spending any extra you have on a fast PC for cross-compiling. Once you get the platform self-hosting, then you can look at getting a fast sparc to work on. cjs -- Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> 604 801 5335 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil. The most widely ported operating system in the world: http://www.netbsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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