[geeks] PCI ultra 1 on ebay

[Ken Hansen]

The buy-it-now price was $750, the reserve price was *about* $250 I guess, based on the bidding I saw this morning.

I think you need to keep in mind how much of a premium you are willing to pay for an Ultra 1-class machine with PCI slots... Wouldn't you rather snatch up one of those low-cost Ultra 2's coming on the market now? ("Wink-wink, nudge-nudge, know what I mean?")

My guess is that the price will exceed the buy-it-now price of $750, the thinking being that there are people out there that will pay a $200+ premium for that coolness over the average street value of an Ultra 1/170e...

But, hey, good luck - really,

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nicewonger [mailto:twmaster at twmaster.com]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 1:07 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] PCI ultra 1 on ebay


Personally I think that is seriously cool. I am going to try buy this
machine.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] PCI ultra 1 on ebay


> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:17:03PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > I'm concerned about the PROM issue the seller discusses...
> > Is it possible the PROM image has a "stop working after" date
> > (since this was never meant to be a public machine)?
>
> No.  Its just got an old PROM, and needs to be updated before Sol8
> will run in 64-bit mode.  Common "problem" with older machines, is
> software fixable/upgradeable in about five minutes.
>
> > Seems to me, this machine is almost the worst of all worlds:
> > - Ultra machine uses expensive RAM
> >   (compared with Sun Blade 100)
> > - Slowest of the Ultra CPUs (170 MHz)
> > - Most expensive of expansion options
> >   (PCI SPARC cards cost more than SBUS versions)
> > - Solaris 8 is not supported (as shipped)
>
> Its supported, it just runs in 32-bit mode instead of 64-bit.
>
> > - And, an OpenBoot PROM that may expire soon,
>
> No such thing.
>
> >   with almost no chance of an upgrade  available
> >   from Sun ("How'd you get one of those boxes?")
> > Beyond novelty, this is *less* valuable than a stock Ultra 1/170e IMHO.
> > Ken
>
> Its the cool factor.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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