Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 15:49:56 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Read this... Message-ID: <36929714.6873BFF3@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.NEB.4.02.9901050009480.12774-100000@epistolic.cynic.net>
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Curt Sampson wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Wes PetersÔ@!ê ? ê?Ýç ?5êÀê wrote: > > > > When you add the monitor, the sparc becomes a bit more competitive. > > > Old Sun 17" colour monitors with trinitron tubes can be extremely > > > nice to look at, and are a bit cheaper than equivalant-quality 17" > > > monitors for PCs. > > > > You're buying your monitors from the wrong place. My local wholesale > > shop has a lovely Shamrock 17" with a Diamondtron tube for $295.... > > You're buying your Suns from the wrong place. :-) A couple of years > ago I picked up *two* IPXs each with 16 MB RAM, 207 MB disk, 17" > colour monitor and type 5 keyboards and mouse pads for Cdn$500 > total (about US$325--hardly more than the price of one of your > monitors). Actually, given that I just bought 3 IPX's for $35 each, along with 3 207 MB disk for $5 each, we're just about on track. ;^) This was from GSTek, http://www.gstek.com. They should be here Saturday or Monday; I'll post how it goes getting them up and running. What are we here in FreeBSD-SPARC preferring as a porting base these days, NetBSD or OpenBSD? I've got a 1.0 GB drive for mine; I'll put the porting system on that and FreeBSD on the 207 until it matures enough to actually boot, then I can swap'em. And I won't have to worry about those pesky Ultra compiler issues, either. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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