[SunRescue] Whew...

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pres. Dan Jameyson [mailto:jameyson at amist.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 11:48 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Whew...
> 
> 
> Neat. You know, I've been getting this mailing list for a little while
> now, and I still don't know how much most of the used sparc 
> systems sell
> for. How much would I expect to pay for such equipment?

Maybe a couple hundred bucks.  I got mine about a year ago now, dual 40MHz
processor, 128MB of ram, 2x1GB disk, GX FB and it was about $650.  But that
was an SS20, the SS10 should be a bit cheaper.
	Greg


> 
> > Anything like a Sparc 10, Sparc 20 should give you enough power.
> > Get a couple off SM51 cpu's  & 128 Mb or 256 Mb of ram and 
> one of those
> > puppies could probably handle it all. Or do like I do get 
> some cheap sparc
> > 2's with 64 MB each and run each task on a seperate box or 
> build a cluster
> > with them and run of that.
> 
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