[SunRescue] Woah, a PCI Ultra 1

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 12:54:06AM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   Seems to me that it's a PC with a SPARC processor on the board
> instead of a Wintel chip.  Cheapass PeeCee case design, cheapass
> PeeCee power supply, cheapass IDE disks, etc etc...
>               -Dave McGuire

When I got my Ultra 5 in, I was like "gaaahhh. this is a Sun?"

Even my fiancee noticed how cheap the case was, in comparison to, say,
a SPARCstation 5 or so (which I think is the heaviest desktop SPARC
made, not counting any of the older 4/xxx beasts..)

You pick up a SS5/SS20, SS10, you know its solid and you got your 
money's worth.  Kinda like when I was used to my old Hayes Smartmodem
300, bought my first USR Sportster 28.8.  "Whats this little white plastic
piece of crap?  This is it?  I paid $250 for this?  I want a metal case and
big LED blinkylights, dammit!"

I'm STILL looking for a Hayes Chronograph (basically a big red LED clock
in a taller Smartmodem-style case).

Bill

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