[SunRescue] Best prices on SS20/Ultra compatible RAM... and some disk pointer s/finds

[Ken Hansen]

Hello all,
	As I am building up my Ultra 2 I have been increasing the RAM as I
bump into a good deal, and I think I found one: I was recently offered SS20
64 Meg sticks for $60, and that seems about as good a deal as any I've
seen - comments?

	I liked this price because for the first time RAM for a high-end
SPARC
is competitive with modern PC RAM (less than $1/Meg). I can get 64 Meg
PC RAM pretty consistently for $50+, and at $60 for that Ultra 2 I had to
jump!
That deal, coupled with another stick I got off ebay for $73 and the three
SS20
64 meg sticks in my now idle SS10 makes for a *very* nice system w/768 Meg
RAM! ;^)

	Another deal I came across was an 18 Gig HD at HighTechCafe for
$199. They ran out of drives and were about to cancel my order, then I was
contacted by Teresa (sp?) and she told me that they were expecting more
drives in soon, and I could keep my order open. These are fast/wide drives
w/SCA connectors (IIRC) - keep an eye on their web site if you are
interested.
This is a 1.6" high drive, so it can not be easily dropped into an SS5/SS20
without mangling the carrier, and an Ultra is out of the question - unless
you
go external...

	SCSIStuff has nice Wide external cases with good prices - a 4xhalf-
height ext. case with 4x16 position ID selectors for about $150 (from
memory).

URLs:

	www.hightechcafe.com - for drives
	www.scsistuff.com - for low-cost ext. cases
	(I'll post RAM info *if* seller has any left)

Hope this helps someone,

Ken

BTW - anyone know the best price on SS4/5 RAM sticks? They seem to be
running *about* $1.50 -> $2/Meg from what I've seen.