Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 01:03:26 +1100 (EDT) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: jamie@itribe.net (Jamie Bowden) Cc: spork@super-g.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beginning SPARC port Message-ID: <199712111404.GAA14238@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199712111258.HAA17286@gatekeeper.itribe.net> from "Jamie Bowden" at Dec 11, 97 08:02:57 am
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In some mail from Jamie Bowden, sie said:
>
> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, spork wrote:
>
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Chuck Robey wrote:
> >
> > > I would also be a little curious about the availability of sparc hardware
> > > for hobbyist folk. Few of us can afford $10K servers, but what other kind
> >
> > How's $750 for an IPX w/17" B&W monitor, 32MB, 2G disk sound?
> >
> > The Sparc 5's aren't that bad either...
> >
> > Charles Sprickman
> > spork@super-g.com
>
> That's pricey for an IPX, especially mono. You can buy new SS5 175mhz
> machines for around 4k. Not much more than a new PII based PC. I would
> rather have the Sun personally.
I assume you mean the SS5-TurboSPARC with the 170MHz CPU ?
SunOS Release 5.5.1 Version Generic_103640-08 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
Copyright (c) 1983-1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
vac: enabled in writeback mode
cpu0: FMI,MB86907 (mid 0 impl 0x0 ver 0x5 clock 170 MHz)
esp0: type 3 (FAS100/100A) speed 40MHz
esp0: sd3,0 tgt 3 lun 0:
Synchronous(10.0MB/sec) Clean CanReconnect
Non-removable Disk: IBM DCAS32160SUN2.1G S60B
mmmm, they make a very nice box :-)
Darren
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