[Geeks] Sun Kit is just BETTER

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:01:26AM -0700, James Lockwood wrote:
> Reasonably.  I have no experience with AXe but the power-on circuitry for
> AXi is odd.  

I'm on my THIRD AXe.  First one I got from Marathon wouldnt even boot the
OS off a CDROM.  Second one worked for almost a year before developing 
CPU L2 cache parity problems.  I have yet to see how the third one fares.

Other than that, they're great little boards.  Need to find a small ATX
mini-tower or rackmount case to put this one in though.

> Sun 3/50.  4MB soldered to the board, expanding expensive.  Cycle-stealing
> framebuffer.  The 3/60 walked all over it.

My first Sun.  It sucked, but it wasnt a PC.

> Sun 4/x30.  Worst wheels ever put on a computer.

Agreed.

> Ultra 150.  Bill knows why.

"Hey, should we take all of this packing foam out?"

> Ultra 5/10.  Built to a cost and it shows.  I can't fault them for using
> cheap parts as they WERE cheap, but I wish that Mitac had done better work
> with the case.

What the FUCK is up with having to turn the U10 UPSIDE DOWN to get the case
off?  Just make a side panel removable!

Bill

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Bill Bradford     
mrbill at mrbill.net 
Austin, TX