[rescue] a worthy box

Thu Feb 13 13:24:52 CST 2003

No argument... but we are talking vastly different price classes !

That box will be way beyond what the 1000E will go for... not to mention
the 1000E is smaller (but I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't close
to the same weight :-) ).

-- Curt

>From: "Loomis, Rip" <GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com>
>To: "'The Rescue List'" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: RE: [rescue] a worthy box
>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:06:19 -0500
>
>> If anyone is near this guy and they allow pickups, this might 
>> be a nice deal for someone interested in 8 processor MP sparc config !
>> 
>> It's a 1000E w/8 SM81 and 2 Gig RAM.
>> 
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3401763251
>
>Nah.  A 1000E is nice to have, but *this*
>  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3401768626
>
>is a worthy box for someone interested in 8 processor MP with SPARCs.
>The loaded-out 1000E is barely worth the $249 that the seller wants,
>IMO, given what else one might be able to buy with that money.
>The latter system is worth *way* more than the ~$500 it's going for
>right now.  I just wish that I thought that auction was actually
>going to end under $1000.
>
>  --Rip
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