[rescue] Re: U5

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Robert Novak wrote:

> > > If anyone is interested....
> > > U5 360 going in less than an hour for $150.
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2060194066
> >
> > Way to go Sridhar (I think), but that went up quite a bit at the last
> > minute.
>
> Yeah, that's still a fairly okay deal. I wouldn't choose it over an Ultra
> 60, but for some basic X stuff it'd be pretty cool.
>
> I just noticed... if the photos are accurate, that thing has a SunSwift
> PCI card--10/100 ethernet and ultrawide scsi. The card alone is worth more
> than the closing bid (we were paying $800 2-3 months ago gray market
> warranted for those). If so, REALLY GOOD DEAL.
>
> You might look for a 333/2mb cpu for it if you plan to do stuff that would
> benefit from a cache upgrade. The 360mhz cpu has 256kb (that's why it was
> cheaper than the 333mhz model).

I might.  This buy was mainly on a whim for retail therapy.

Peace...  Sridhar