X86 (was Re: [geeks] FreeBSD install problem on ALR server)

[Ken Hansen]

I had no real issues with Solaris x86 (used it to install my first Sun box over the network, didn't have a Sun-compatible CD-ROM for my IPC!), and the Wabi stuff was pretty good too (on a nice fast Pentium, the *translation* software (not *emulation* software like on SPARC) worked fairly well too.

I have bought 4 big-ticket machines for various reasons at various times in my life:

	Mac Plus ($1500 +/-)

	Grey box 486/33dx, incl 14" monitor ($1500 +/-)

	EIS Solaris x86 P/133 machine, incl. 17" iiyama monitor ($1800 +/-)

	Ultra 2/2300, incl. 21" monitor ($3000 +/-)

I still have all of them, except for the Mac (sold it about 18 months after the fact for $1000 incl. printer to a friends dad). They all were considered good values at the time.

Nowadays, I try and limit my machines to less than $500 (like the Ultra 30!)...

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter L. Wargo [mailto:pwargo at basenji.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 3:29 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: X86 (was Re: [geeks] FreeBSD install problem on ALR server)


On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 10:44:50PM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > keep in mind i'm a Sun biggot when i say this.....
> > Solaris x86 is poop.
> 
> I would agree, even as much as I would suck up to McNealy if he
> offered me a job:

Nope, I beg to differ.  When I worked at TVD, we built a production system
for TV listings that is till in service today, all on Solaris x86.
Rock-stable, fast, and cheap.  Like any other tool, it is what you use it
for...

-Pete


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