[Sunhelp] What should I look for?

[Michael C. Vergallen]

Yes the ELC should make an nice xterm. Hell I still use a 3/50 as a Xterm
here so why not use the ELC.

Michael
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On Thu, 27 May 1999, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> I'd prefer to stay as far away from MS products as possible, that's why I
> want a Sun.  :)  If I get my ELC repaired, will those computers be powerful
> enough so that I can use the ELC as an Xterm?  
> 	Greg
> 
> Gregory Leblanc
> Network Admin
> Concordia University
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael C. Vergallen [mailto:mvergall at double-barrel.be]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 8:24 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] What should I look for?
> 
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> I've got a lot off suns here and for a workstation I would suggest getting
> a sparc 10. They are cheap enough nowerdays. I got a SS10 with 128MB Ram
> and two SM41's + a 2.1 Gig HD for about 650 USD. this should be more then
> enough for a workstation box. As for windows do you mean X-windows or
> MSwindows..well X-Windows comes standard with solaris and for MSwindows
> you can look softwindows or get a sbus card with a intel proccessor on and
> the software ( i've seen them go for 200 USD).
> 
> Michael
> ---
> Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, 
> Sportstraat 28			http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/
> B 9000 Gent			ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/
> Belgium				tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976
> 			
> > Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello there!  I've got two Sun workstations, one is a SPARCstation ELC,
> on
> > > which the monitor doesn't work, and the other is has a label that says
> > > SPARCstation 330, which I haven't been able to find any info on.
> Regardless
> > > of what either of those two machines can do, they're certainly not
> capable
> > > of being a good workstation.  By good I mean one that I can run windows
> on,
> > > along with Netscape, and hopefully GNOME.  Now, my real question...
> What
> > > would be your recommendations for a SUN workstation if I want it to
> perform
> > > reasonably well, but can't/don't want to spend a fortune on it.  I say
> the
> > > Ultra 5 on Sun's website, but I'm not sure if I want to spend two grand
> on
> > > what will probably be a toy until I can get a good office suite and
> > > GroupWare client for it.  Any suggestions?  Thanks,
> > >         Greg
> > >
> > > Gregory Leblanc
> > > Network Admin
> > > Concordia University
> > >
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