[SunRescue] SparcCenter 2000 on ebay!

[Gil Young]

Yes, it will run Sol 8 :).  Estimate about $8/month for every 100 watts
continuous draw 24X7. This includes AC and A/C.  Question is how many watts
this thing draws :).

Gil Young
Call Sign: KG4KVX
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----- Original Message -----
From: Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc at cu-portland.edu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] SparcCenter 2000 on ebay!


> On 25 May 2001 01:46:59 -0400, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Saw this on Ebay tonight.  I wish I lived in Dallas :-)
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1240575595
>
> Hmm, that looks like a nice machine...  I know there's been discussion
> about these machines before, but I've lost my list of links.
> Solaris 8 should run on this thing, right?  I've got a query in to see
> what speed of CPUs are in there, but I'm wondering if I could add my
> idle pair of SM41s to one of those spare boards, and bring it up to 10
> processors.  What sort of ram does this thing take?  Not that I'd need
> any more, but I'm just curious as to whether I have any lying around
> that I could toss in.
> Any thoughts on the power drain for one of these?  I'm thinking that I
> could use it as my Solaris 8/gcc build machine for a "tinderbox" for
> GNOME.  :)  Thanks,
> Greg
>
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