[rescue] Just a thought - what would be a good starterSAPRC system these days?

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For just plain learning Solaris, I don't think you can beat a SS5 on
eBay for under $100 including a monitor and shipping. SS20's (minus the
monitor) are available for the same amount. Now, if you want to learn
Solaris *fast* ;) you might want something better.

I've found that I can assemble SS5/10/20 systems including cables,
drives, CDROMS, etc. pretty inexpensively. My SS2 was $30 with monitor.
That monitor works on my SS5 that was $30. The 4G hard drive was $20;
the CDROM drive was $15; the CDROM case was $15, and so on. The older
stuff is very inexpensive, and a great way to learn Solaris on SPARC
hardware.

I have also introduced co-workers to Solaris. They're impressed that it
installs easier than Windows. (We knew that...) The toughest part is
convincing them that they *can* run a Unix box. For some reason they
think it's really hard. ;)

Gary Nichols wrote:
> 
> Agreed - you'd have to pry my Ultra30/256MB/Creator3d/21"Flat out of my
> cold dead hands before I'd part with it.
> 
> I have introduced Solaris to several friends of mine.  One used a
> SS5/170, the other a SS5/75.  Since the goal was to learn the internals
> of Solaris, how to setup/install/configure/maintain services it was no
> problem for them.
> 
> Now if you want a Sun box to have a pretty desktop, consider an Ultra
> or  a Blade.  :))
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> Gary Nichols
> garynichols at mysun.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry Snyder <larrys at lexisnexis.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 20, 2001 1:51 pm
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Just a thought - what would be a good starter
> SAPRC system these days?
> 
> > After sveral years w/ a SS5 at work, I finally got a U5.  Wonderful
> > box,but with 64M it was non-stop-swap.  Another pair of 32's fixed
> > thatbeautifully yesterday.  I'm still partial to the
> > U30/.5G/flatscreen, tho.
> >
> > Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Depends on your definition of "hobbled".  For most single-user
> > "learning> Solaris" systems, its *great*.  Can use common IDE HDs
> > and CD-ROMs, and you
> > > dont have to screw with SCSI ID issues.
> > >
> > > I have a SB100 at work, and its a great machine.
> >
> > ...and I'm jealous as hell of that.
> > -ls-
> >
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