[geeks] PCI ultra 1 on ebay

[Mike Nicewonger]

Honestly it is nothing more than the very odd factor driving my interest. No
thinking required.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hansen" <Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: RE: [geeks] PCI ultra 1 on ebay


> 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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