[SunRescue] Cheap starter suns clones on eBay...

[Mike Nicewonger]

Hiya Rip,

I am moving to Laurel  this week. SO if you are still in Colombia I am
close.

The 20SL is an SS20 class machine is spite of the 50 pin SCSI. The SS20
while having an SCA connector is still only Fast narrow SCSI too.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loomis, Rip" <GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Cheap starter suns clones on eBay...


> Actually, Ken, it's my fault that the one you bought
> cost as much as it did...I bought #3 for our
> lab (1x64MB + 2x16MB w/floppy for $51 (!)), and the
> low bidder on mine then switched over and was the one
> who drove the price up on #6 that you bought.
>
> It would appear that the price of non-Ultra systems
> has really gone through the floor...especially for
> the clones without keyboard/mouse.  I just couldn't
> resist a SPARC 10/20-class system for $51...it's only
> got OBP 2.9, but that's fine to add to our basic
> Solaris 8 sysadmin lab.  Now to wait and see exactly
> what processor is inside the silly thing.
>
> Two related questions--
> 1.  We have a COMPStation 20SL here which is *actually*
>     a SPARC 10 clone...50-pin SCSI vice SCA, and no
>     13W3 on the motherboard or space for VSIMMs.  Haven't
>     taken the time to figure out whether the MBus
>     is the SPARC 10 or SPARC 20 variation, as it's
>     chugging along with a single SM51.  Anyone have
>     any idea/speculation as to whether the new boxen are
>     really SPARC 20-class?
>
> 2.  The aforementioned COMPStation 20SL has an "official"
>     Tatung 2.25 OBP...which I would love to copy for
>     the new system.  (Among other things, either that
>     OBP or some other uniqueness *does* let the current
>     system use 32MB SIMMs).  Anyone in the DC/MD/VA area
>     with the capability to duplicate PROMs?  I know that
>     Mike N. is not *too* far away, but not sure about
>     PROM burners.
>
>
> Rip Loomis Voice Number: (410) 953-6874
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Senior Security Engineer
> Center for Information Security Technology
> Science Applications International Corporation
> http://www.cist.saic.com
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Hansen [mailto:Ken.Hansen at icti-usa.com]
> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 11:16 AM
> > To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org'
> > Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Cheap starter suns clones on eBay...
> >
> >
> > I actually saw one go at $50! (well, $75 after S/H added in).
> >
> > That was a decent deal, but the RAM was (IIRC) like 5x 16 Meg
> > DIMMs (ugh)...
> >
> > Ken
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