From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 11 17:28:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA01815 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 17:28:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from dog.farm.org (gw-hssi-2.farm.org [209.66.103.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA01808 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 17:28:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dog.farm.org!dk) Received: (from dk@localhost) by dog.farm.org (8.7.5/dk#3) id RAA27193; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 17:31:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 17:31:17 -0800 (PST) From: Dmitry Kohmanyuk Message-Id: <199712120131.RAA27193@dog.farm.org> To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [jgrosch@mooseriver.com: Re: Beginning SPARC port] Newsgroups: cs-monolit.gated.lists.freebsd.hackers Organization: FARM Computing Association Reply-To: dk+@ua.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <19971210124021.52222@mooseriver.com> you wrote: > I have been looking around for used SPARC equipment recently. I have been > seeing SPARC 5 with a 1 or 2 gig drive, 64 meg of ram and no monitor going > for between $900.00 and $1500.00. I have seen SPARC 2, IPC, and IPX going > for in the $500.00 to $1000.00 range. This, of course, depends on how much > memory and disk the system has and how much the owner thinks it worth. Sun > monitors are _DAMED_ expensive. I have yet to see one for under $1500.00. I > will most likely end up running mine headless. I bought mine (19" color used) for ~$200. used sparcs (ss5, ss1, ipx, ...) usually sell under $1000 as well with everything, but you can buy disks and CD drives separately. -- The steady state of disks is full. -- Ken Thompson