[Sunhelp] Cheap SS4/5/10's?

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:39:45PM -0700, Paul Khoury - Tech Support wrote:
> I got a nice paycheck (since it's my last day tomorrow), and am thinking
> of finally upgrading one of my SPARCs.
> Any CONs of using a SS4?  I plan on using ONLY external HD's.  Also,
> is memory standard, or proprietary?  I'd prefer an SS10, but I'd like to stay
> below $150 if possible, for something with 64MB of RAM, and
> NO hard drives (already got 5.2GB).
> Also, do I just need to reinstall Solaris, and keep existing settings,
> since I'd be going from Sun4c to Sun4m?
> Thanks,
> Paul

I'd go for a cheap SS10, because its expandable (CPU-wise) and you can
load it up with 128mb of *cheap* 16mb DIMMs internally (which I got
for around $10-15 each a couple of years ago, they've got to be even
cheaper now..)

I think Mike N. had some of these for sale?

Bill

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