[SunRescue] Odd/Old hardware (even a Sun tie-in!)

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Nice system (the Challenge DM).  Are you willing to give an idea of what
config you got at what price?  If I recall correctly that system comes
with a half dozen scsi busses built in <Grin>.  Even the small Challenge S
systems had three.
	Thanks
		Nick

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:

> 
>   The SPARCstation-10 is an oldie, yes...but by virtue of the fact
> that its processor isn't soldered in place, it has enjoyed a very long
> useful life.  I know of dozens of SS10 systems that are in use today
> as very nice midrange workstations and servers.
> 
>   They originally shipped with [what were at the time abysmally slow]
> SM30 processor modules.  With those processors, the machine "feels"
> only slighly faster than an SS2.  But wait, there's mbus!  Just plug
> in a faster CPU, and you're in business.  I still think the SS10 is
> the high point of Sun engineering.
> 
>   Until just recently, my primary file server was an SS10 with an SM81
> processor (zoom!) and 256MB RAM.  That sure was a nice system.  The
> main reason I replaced it is that it's a lot easier to get a dozen
> SCSI busses in an SGI ChallengeDM than it is in an SS10. :)
> 
> 
>             -Dave McGuire
> 
> On February 25, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > Wow, is the Sparc10 really that old?.  A sparc 10 was the first sun I ever
> > used.  It was a dual 80mhz machine with zx board.  Most of the time I was
> > telnetted to it though.
> > 
> > --
> > Joshua Boyd
> > 
> > On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:15:06PM -0700, Will Jennings wrote:
> > > > FWIW, my dad went to the unveiling of the 
> > > > original Sparc, I still have the brochure on the Sparc, the writing paper, 
> > > > the writing paper container, and the coffee mug... 
> > > 
> > > I've got a *video tape* of the product release of the SPARCstation 3 (aka
> > > SS10).  Its *really* cool to watch, and I'll be putting MPEG-1 video up
> > > for download once I get legal permission from Sun... (which is taking a
> > > while).
> > > 
> > > Bill
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Bill Bradford
> > > mrbill at mrbill.net
> > > Austin, TX
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