[SunRescue] WTB: Sparc LX? Canada?

[Ken Hansen]

Well, the one thing I probably left out of my earlier post was the "price
factor" - I was focused only on raw speed.

Of course, now that you have two boxes, you can run X server on one and the
X client on the other!

$30 for 48 Meg RAM - a great deal! That it is $30 CDN is *amazing* - not to
mention the nice Sun LX casing to protect your memory purchase!  ;^)

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Berserko" <berserko at thb.on.ca>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] WTB: Sparc LX? Canada?


> "Sheldon T. Hall" wrote:
>
> > Actually, you can get _much_ snappier Openwin or CDE performance by
running
> > the X server on a different machine from the X client.  In my case, the
X
> > server is either on a PeeCee or an HP 700/RX X-terminal, and the X
client is
> > on the LX.  Although startup is sorta slow in either case, once things
are
> > running, performance is very reasonable.
> >
> > Remember that X uses "server" and "client" in reverse of what you might
> > think.  The host machine is the "client" and the one you're typing on is
the
> > "server."
>
> Well Against everyones good judgementI went out and bought a Sparc LX
today but
> it really was the right prive I had gotten a call from my brotyher this
morning
> saying he had found this terrific computer junk warehouse I went down they
had
> shelves and shelves of stuff mostly PC stuff but also alot of Sun stuff I
saw
> one SGI I want to rescue next week... But I ended up buying a Sparc LX
with 48
> meg, 540 meg disk for $30 canadian It was super clean look like it ihad
barely
> ever been powered on the inside was so spotless.and I rescued a 20" Sun
> GDM-20D10 This completes another rescue mission I did a few months ago on
> another GDM-20D10 I got a non-working one a few months back turns out the
fly
> back was shot and not worth fixing the one I got today had a
cracked/broken
> case so I did a swap now Iis a beautiful monitor.I rescued that monitor
for
> $100 canadian. this place allowed me to test anything I wanted and allowed
me
> to mix/match parts till my hearts content so I even dragged my 72 pin ram
> tester up and made sure my simms I was putting in were good all in all I'm
> happy with this upgrade but I'm sure in a few days I'll be back to my old
self
> whining about the need for speed :)
>
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