[rescue] Sparc IPX's

[Mike Hebel]

SS> The bottom of the page does have a quantity box, but it isn't like a
SS> regular auction, and there is nothing that says it's a Dutch auction.
SS> There's also nothing that says it is an auciton at all! There's no "bid"
SS> button, just a "buy now" one.

Looking back that probably means it's one of those E-Bay Store items
that you just "buy".  Still I wouldn't want to do a "Buy-It-Now"
without confirming this with the seller.  Paranoid as I am I can just
see buying a $5 item and having a big bill for $600+ dollars show up.

SS> I suppose if you have parity RAM and a SCSI drive it might be fun.

RAM is still cheap - I've found the IPX boxen not to be too very picky on
their 72pin RAM.  Same with 50pin SCSI.  You could easily make good
dedicated servers out of these.

SS> Also makes me wonder who had these things when they say *memory* was
SS> removed for security reasons... Some property of RAM that is, as yet,
SS> unknown to me that would make this necessary? ;)

I queried that the first time that I saw it used in an auction.  The
seller told me that that was what they were told when they got them.
I personally think it's because they have other outlets for the
memory and maybe drives.  Although...removing the old drives from
these _would_ lower shipping costs on them so maybe there's another
reason.

As for the RAM thing - AFAIC it's blatant B.S. but one that you're probably
not going to get them to admit to.

Mike Hebel                        mailto:nimitz at owc.net