From owner-freebsd-sparc Mon Jan 19 23:58:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA13558 for sparc-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 23:58:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [194.77.0.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA13548 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 23:58:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id IAA16570; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:45:09 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA24218; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:40:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980120084021.54974@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:40:21 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm To: Wes Peters Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ultra 5 workstation announcement References: <34C2D187.7E3F3713@xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <34C2D187.7E3F3713@xmission.com>; from Wes Peters on Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 09:07:35PM -0700 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 09:07:35PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > I presume all of you on this list got the good news about the new Ultra 5 > workstation last week. If not, go visit www.sun.com and learn about their > new low-cost workstation. > > The "loss leader" configuration includes an UltraSPARC IIi processor, 64Mb > of SDRAM, a 4.3 Gb disk, graphics controller, 10/100 Mb ethernet, and 3 PCI > slots for $2995. This would probably be a good machine to run FreeBSD-SPARC > on. ;^) Great, but do they really use EIDE ;-) Shudder. I'm also astonished about graphics, 256 colors arent that good. Which desktop product uses SCSI components and allows 16 or 24 color depth ? -- Andreas Klemm powered by ,,symmetric multiprocessor FreeBSD''