From owner-freebsd-sparc Thu Dec 31 11:33:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA09248 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:33:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA09222 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:33:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id LAA19983; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:32:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id LAA29384; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:32:06 -0800 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id MAA17585; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:32:05 -0700 Message-ID: <368BD135.8038D631@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:32:05 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: obrien@NUXI.com CC: Paolo Di Francesco , freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Read this... References: <368A5778.F86A2695@softweyr.com> <19981231132024.BNEK27753.fep04-svc@winworkstation> <19981231095614.D15141@nuxi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David O'Brien wrote: > > > I don't think that to develop on an old sparc is so exciting. 8) > > I fail to see the difference in excitement. I'm interested in this > project *only* to be able to run FreeBSD on my old Sparc 20's. Ditto. > > 2) For old sparc there is Linux, but on Ultra there is less support. > > You mean for old Sparc there is OpenBSD and NetBSD. Linux is *NOT* an > option. I'm on a BSD list, not a Pingin list. ;^) > > 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". Solar Systems has currently listed on their "Specials" page a SPARC 5/70 for $945, a SPARC 4/110 for $975, and a SPARCclassic for $695. If you can find one, SPARC ELCs go for about $350 and IPXs for about $450 these days. > > _Personally_ I think Sun could give us the new architecture for the > > As a student (or developer) you can get ~40% discount on many models. Including (I think) the Ultra-5, which is already pretty cheap by Sun's standards. ($2995 list gets you a running system sans monitor). -- 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