[Sunhelp] Cheap SS4/5/10's?

[Paul Khoury - Tech Support]

At 09:45 PM 08/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:39:45PM -0700, Paul Khoury - Tech Support wrote:
>> I got a nice paycheck (since it's my last day tomorrow), and am thinking
>> of finally upgrading one of my SPARCs.
>> Any CONs of using a SS4?  I plan on using ONLY external HD's.  Also,
>> is memory standard, or proprietary?  I'd prefer an SS10, but I'd like to
stay
>> below $150 if possible, for something with 64MB of RAM, and
>> NO hard drives (already got 5.2GB).
>> Also, do I just need to reinstall Solaris, and keep existing settings,
>> since I'd be going from Sun4c to Sun4m?
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>
>I'd go for a cheap SS10, because its expandable (CPU-wise) and you can
>load it up with 128mb of *cheap* 16mb DIMMs internally (which I got
>for around $10-15 each a couple of years ago, they've got to be even
>cheaper now..)

Hmmm... I like that better - suppose I could run both POP3 and apache
with no lag?  Or is that a stupid question?  I have QPOPPER, but I'd like
to use Sun Internet Mail Server, assuming it's better (and I have the
license).