[SunRescue] Best purchase of an older Sparc machine for home

[KenHansenn2vip at bellatlantic.net]

I'd suggest a low-end SS5, if you can get one with reasonable RAM included -
it
seems to run about $2/meg, while other SPARC boxes are a bit cheaper. For
the
most flexible box, I'd suggest an SS10 with a pair of SM41s or SM51s. The
price
should be reasonable, and RAM goes for as low as $1/meg (16 Meg SS10 DIMMs
are about $15/each in my exp.)

If you have some real money to throw around, (like $500-700), a complete
Ultra 1/140
or better could probably be found without too much hassle. These use SS20
RAM, which
is pretty reasonably priced when compared to the Ultra5 and Ultra10 boxes...

If you can find one for *about* free, an IPX/LX would be a great box as
well, but do very
cautious how much money you sink into one of these - you can approach $200
easily, and
be at SS5/85 or better price range...

HTH,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] Best purchase of an older Sparc machine for home


> Hello,
> I would like a RISC Sun computer at home. Speed is not too important. What
is a
> good buy of a used machine?  Approximate price and source would be very
helpful.
> Thanks, Don
>
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