[geeks] New Sun servers

Joshua D Boyd geeks at sunhelp.org
Mon Oct 29 14:28:58 CST 2001


On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:08:20PM -0600, Bruce Pullig wrote:
> ...and I always thought the 220R/420R/280R look was strange...er...unique.
> 
> I agree with the model number statement.   I once nabbed an Ultra 5 cheaply 
> because the other person bidding on SPARC equipment at a local government 
> auction thought it wasn't worth much because it was "just a SPARC 5."  I 
> wonder if he ever figured it out?  Hey maybe confusion is good!

But then you get people who post a picture of an ultra-5, and say they are
selling and ultra-5, but then ship you a SS5 because it is the same thing
in a different case.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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