[rescue] Re: wants to upgrade from a netra to some really big box

[Kevin Loch]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 02:14:42AM -0500, vance at neurotica.com wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Robert Novak wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>I like the idea of selling my netra T105, and going for something
>>>>thats a little heavier.. E450, E220R or E4500 wow.
>>>>
>>>>1) Shipping to Canada from USA would most likely bankrupt me.
>>>>2) Just want to play with 8 cpu's of goodness.
>>>
>>>Well, 220 is 2cpu, 450 is 4cpu. For 8 cpus you need a 3000 or higher.
>>>
>>>I've sent stuff to MB and ON in the 40-70 range for under $75. So
>>>depending on your financial condition, you might avoid bankruptcy.
>>>
>>>But you might still want to consider something from inside Canada.
>>
>>I thought the E3000 was 6-CPU?
> 
> 
> 
> Well, you can fit 8 CPUs in if you skip an I/O board.
> 
> The difficulties resulting from this choice should be somewhat
> self-evident.  :)
> 

If all you need is serial port I/O, then it should work fine.

KL