[rescue] Mike D.'s shiny new Ultra 30...

Mike Dombrowski rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Aug 9 16:37:25 CDT 2001


>Fill it w/32 Meg DIMMs - 12x 32 Meg DIMMs (plus the
>initial 4x 64 Meg DIMMs) is *plenty of RAM fo rmost
>users...

You mean initial 2x 32mb dimms. +$160 or so ain't too bad for 512mb 
ram, almost as good as PC ram prices. Or not. But still not bad.

>
>CPUs - an upgrade will more likely than not *bust*
>your budget - the 300 MHz CPU is typically a $300 item
>on eBay, but they don't seem to be selling, so the
>price may be dropping... I can't speak for the price
>of Bill's CPUs.

Gack. I'll stick with my "slow" 250.

>
>For an extra head, you would need an additional PIC or
>"vertical" UPA framebuffer, the framebuffer I spoke of
>earlier is a "horizontal" UPA framebuffer - for Ultra
>1 & 2 only.

Doh, I knew that, I really did.

>I hope you mentioned to Lily that I refered you...

I did from the outset, I might drop your name again when I get the 
machine. I've been talking with her about this U30 for a long time.

Mike



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