[rescue] Sun Kit Needed for EE Student Here

Michael Parson mparson at bl.org
Thu May 4 21:03:57 CDT 2006


On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 08:50:17PM -0400, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 09:48:29PM +0000, Peter Corlett wrote:
> > Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 04:08:57PM +0000, Peter Corlett wrote:
> > [...]
> > >> ... doesn't exist, surely?
> > > You might be able to find such a beast in the 5-700mhz range.
> > 
> > Millihertz? That's a slow box!
> > 
> > Joking aside, sub-GHz x86 boxes are pretty much free for the taking round
> > here. Even my 400MHz G3 Mac, a much more interesting bit of kit, was free.
> 
> I don't see that around here, at least not for machines better than P1s.
> 
> I've paid good money (over $1000) for two 500MHz macs just over a year
> ago. 

Eep.  I paid $245 for a G4 733 w/768 ram less than a month ago.

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Michael Parson
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