From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 11 07:17:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA19013 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 07:17:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from gatekeeper.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id HAA18996 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 07:16:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Message-Id: <199712111512.KAA18127@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Received: forwarded by SMTP 1.5.2. Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:16:23 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden To: Darren Reed cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beginning SPARC port In-Reply-To: <199712111403.JAA11401@marsellus.itribe.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Darren Reed wrote: > > 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 > Yep, that's the very one. The MicroSparc II's are nice chips too, but I don't think Sun is still shipping them. -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)