[SunRescue] Recommend starter Sun?

[Eric Hall]

"Geoffrey T. Cheshire" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to the list and have been cruising ebay for some classic sun gear.
> I don't have a real production need, but need a unix box at home I can bang
> on (like to run apache, mysql, etc.) -- but mostly for  fun.  I'd like a bit
> of the golden years of Sun!  Like to spend about $100 w/o monitor.
>
> Ebay has tons of SS2's with what seems like enough RAM and HDD for what I
> want to do, but maybe an IPX is better?
>
> I'm thinking NetBSD would be a great modern OS -- I've worked with FreeBSD
> and have OpenBSD on a laptop, so I can grok the *BSD stuff.
>
> Any thoughts?

I think you could almost get a low-end Sparc 10 for that -
If not, Classic's and LX's are fun, and a bit more bang
for the buck then an SS2, IMHO

Eric H


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