[rescue] Sun Ultra 20s on surpluscomputers.com

[James C]

  I'll make sure to check mine out then. I've got a stack of spare P4s 
sitting here, might make a nice box to use for audio work.

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On 09/05/2010 06:29 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I was describing the chasis I saw in the photos, I quite like the GX270s, they
> have a nice Intel Gigabit Ethernet port, take either a SATA or IDE boot drive
> (MB has an on-board SATA port), and can handle 4 Gig of RAM - all with a
> hyper-theading P4 at 2.8 GHz...
>
> For non-graphic intensive applications, they are very usable - until the caps
> go...
>
> Lionel
>
> On Sep 5, 2010, at 8:49 PM, James C<james at frantech.ca>  wrote:
>
>> I assume we're talking about Dell Optiplex machines? I've got a stack of
> GX150s that still work fine. My home router's a GX150 running Vyatta, and it's
> damn stable. I have a GX270 somewhere in my closet too, not sure if it works
> or not.
>> I had some sweet old lady call me one time because her machine wouldn't
> boot, so I got there and she's using this ancient P1 box that sounded more
> like a chainsaw when you turned it on. All she ever did was send emails to her
> kids and extended family, so I set her up with a GX150 with XP, and she hasn't
> had an issue since.
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>> James C.<james[at]frantech.ca>
>> Frantech Solutions Head of Staff
>> +1 (937) 839 2253
>> http://www.frantech.ca/
>> http://www.sokudo.us/
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/05/2010 05:09 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> I grabbed a stack of older, unread IT magazines from Sept. 2007 and one was
> a
>>> Green IT themed issue and there were a few shots of recyclers loading
> docks
>>> with GX270-looking chassis... Could have been GX150s I guess, but that was
>>> around the peak of the Bad Cap Fiasco IIRC...
>>>
>>> Lionel
>>>
>>>> Just because it was turned into the NPO for recycling/refurbing
>>>> doesn't mean it "lasted this long".  It just means it took this long
>>>> for them to receive it.  I didn't do the triage/refurb myself, but it
>>>> was consistent enough that they just said "screw it, we're wasting too
>>>> much time on these machines; junk them all".
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