[SunRescue] are Ultra CPUs really this expensive?

[Dave McGuire]

On January 3, Paul Phillips wrote:
> I have this neat Axil Ultima 1 that has a 167mhz CPu in a slot.  Some kind 
> folks have taken a look a photos I posted, and told me that I can upgrade 
> this with an Ultra 2 compatible CPU.  Just the other day, I saw a 300mhz 
> Ultra 2 processor on ebay at around $400.00, and the bidding wasn't done 
> yet!
> 
> Is this the going rate?  Seems awfully high for 300mhz...
> (If so, I guess my 167 mhz will have to last me quite awhile!)

  Seems high for a 300Mhz *INTEL* processor...quite reasonable for a
SPARC.  Don't forget, 300MHz is pretty darn high in the SPARC world.
Remember, these processors actually *do* something with their
high-speed clocks, unlike the fifty-cycles-just-to-fart Intel crap.

      -Dave McGuire