[geeks] Ultra-1/170e replacement

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc at linuxweasel.com>
> Date: 2004/10/12 Tue AM 04:19:51 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
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> I forget if I've asked this recently here, but anybody have suggestions
> on an upgrade machine for an Ultra-1E-170?  Ideally I'd go to something
> just as quiet,

Well, I'd suggest an Ultra 30 or 60, with 300 MHz (or better) CPUs - they are quiet, quick, and make great desktops, esp. with two high-end framebuffers ;^) Unfortunately, IDE drives are not supported locally, but maybe you could re-purpose an x86 box with IDE drives to house your photos/other large files... The U30/60 would allow you to reuse RAM/HDs from the Ultra 1.

A zippy Ultra 5 or 10 (333, 400, 0r 440 MHz CPUs) would give you IDE, and pretty reasonable performance upgrade from a U-170/e, but is really a performance increment over the Ultra 1, not a *profound* increase.

Or one of each? ;^)