[SunRescue] RE: $5 SS/2s

[Ken Hansen]

Well, I am being retorical, but if you want to consider the real cost of a replacement NVRAM, it is the cost of the chip, the S/H to get it (or the gas/time to pick it up), and the downtime waiting. Oh, and make sure you get just the right speed, there have been some problems with faster than expected chips, IIRC.

So, take all that, and you are *approaching* a $20 repair, with $0 charge for installation, IMHO.

Now, SS/2, IPX, etc... systems have a value of somewhere between $0 and $20 without RAM, HD, etc. While half the price was an exageration, the *spirit* of the statement stands.

The value of an SS/2 (in real folding money) is inversely proportional to the buyers amount of experience with these boxes, IMHO. I believe Dave McGuire quoted tham as being about $30-40 w/RAM, HD, etc. a while ago.

How much money would you pull out of your wallet for an SS/2? (again, retorical, please don't bombard the maillist with SS/2 war stories)...

Thanks,

Ken

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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 10:02:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: linc <linc at thelinuxlink.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Off Topic: Rescuing my Sun
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

> 
> When you can get replacement bases for *half* the price of a new NVRAM chip
> to revive an old box, it may be time to reconsider the idea of repairing the
> box vs. replacing it...
> 
> Ken

You can replace a sparc 2 base for $5?  Where?  I want some!  Mouser sells
replacement NVRams for $12 a piece.

-Linc.

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 10:00am  up 32 days, 21:58,  4 users,  load average: 1.79, 2.38, 2.43


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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:13:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dan Debertin <airboss at nodewarrior.org>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Off Topic: Rescuing my Sun
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

On Mon, 21 May 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> I find it kinda sad that even I have almost that viewpoint today - unless
> special/rare/etc, I wont collect anything under Ultra-1 level these days,
> unless its a nice SS10 or SS20, or like the Sun-2 I've got (and need to
> fire up one of these days).  SS1s and 2s are nice and such, but if I got
> a truckload of them today, i'd just pile them up in the garage.. I wont
> throw them out, but I wont dedicate a ton of time into dealing with them,
> either...

That's sad. I find sun4u stuff kind of boring ;). Although I find sun4c to
be mostly too slow to use, and won't buy it anymore, sun4m stuff is still
fun to play with. Completely usable, and quite cheap these days.

Dan
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Dan Debertin
airboss at nodewarrior.org
www.nodewarrior.org


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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 09:16:42 -0500
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] SparcStation Voyager Serial Port Strangeness
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 05:30:44AM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   KICK ASS!! 8-)

It was a true Beavis and Butt-Head Moment.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX


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