[SunRescue] Re: Recommend starter Sun?

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If you're willing to pay for it Bridgepoint will sell you Quad 180mhz 512k
hypersparcs for a ss10.  It'll cost more than a U2, but Details Details,
don't bother me with details.
	Nick

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:

> SS10s are infinitely more expandable that SS2s.  While the SS2 is limited
> to 80mhz with a Weitek PowerUP chip, the SS10 can be upgraded to quad 110s
> or faster.  The SS10 also takes more memory (and newer/cheaper memory if I
> recall), and has more expansion slots (I think).  Personally, I'd try for
> a low end SS10 that could be later upgraded if you decide you like working
> on Solaris.
> 
> --
> Joshua Boyd
> 
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Geoffrey T. Cheshire wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the info!  I'll keep browsing for a nice SS2 or SS10 - what
> > difference in performance could I expect from these two?  (Maybe rough
> > approximation vis-a-vis peecee world?)  Also, I've been reading that some
> > SS2's have heat problems?
> > 
> > Will it be relatively easy to find another 10bT port for one of these if i
> > want to route/firewll with it?  Or should I look for one with another port
> > already installed?
> > 
> > I'll keep looking & see what I can find; looks like headless is the way to
> > go, especially when shipping a Sun monitor would exceed its price by, oh, an
> > order of magnitude!
> > 
> > Geoff
> > - - -
> > Geoffrey T. Cheshire <gtc (at) cheshirelaw (dot) com>
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> > 
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