[rescue] Ultra 30 or Ultra 2?

[Loomis, Rip]

Replying to myself:

For additional context, the going eBay rate
for an U2 2300 (creator 2d) with 256MB RAM
is at least $650:

  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1272139427

There's still 2+ days to go on a dutch auction
of 5 systems...and about a month ago I would
have expected such a system to go (on eBay)
for $800-1000.  Buying from Comdisco should give
you better post-sale support than your average
eBay auction, although I've always had good
results with Sunnking.

You would likely want to add a Creator card to
either of the systems below, so that's really
a wash.

I don't have an ObRescue, but...does anyone have
a copy of the later HP-UX 10.20 release that
actually boots on a B2000?  We've got 11.00
and 10.20, but we apparently need the Dec 1999
ACE version in order to support the B2000.
Crap.

  --Rip

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Loomis, Rip [mailto:GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com]
> Sent: Friday, 07 September, 2001 12:22
> To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: RE: [rescue] Ultra 30 or Ultra 2?
> 
> 
> Boiling it down (all the other items are
> equivalent between those two choices):
>   PCI U30, 1x300, 384MB memory ($350)
>   SBus U2, 2x300, 256MB memory ($500)
> 
> Unless you have a lot of PCI Sun hardware,
> or an interest in that area, I would go
> for the U2--if U30s were expandable to
> 2 processors (or if I could get one with
> a 440 really cheap) I would already have bought
> one.  (Right now I'm holding out for an
> Ultra 60...)
> 
> Heck, for that price I may call Lily about
> an U2 myself...but both are really good
> deals in the context of Sun prices over the
> last several months.
> 
>   --Rip
> 
> > 
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