[geeks] Sun Desktop Systems

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, D Bhargav wrote:

> Hello everybody,

Hello.

> I am evaluating low-end Sparc systems
> for network driver development.

Hmmm... Interesting... Are you deveoping drivers for a piece of hardware,
or what?

> How good is the Sun Blade 100 system
> vis-a-vis Ultra 5 or Ultra 10? I am
> specifically interested in a 64-bit
> system having atleast 2 PCI slots. And 
> I guess that Sun Blade 100 fits the bill.
> The clinching factor for Sun Blade 100 is
> the price - just under $1000.

At the risk of hurting my stock options some more, If you are looking for
a good development system, you might want to consider a used Ultra 30 or
Ultra 60 - they are 4-slot PCI, 64-bit, and have a 3.3v 66MHz slot as well
as 3 5v 33mhz slots...  Usually, you can find a good Ultra 30 for under
$500, and a Ultra 60 for around $1000 or so.  

Just a thought.  

-Pete
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