Subject: Re: SunSwift SBUS card
To: None <wonko@tmok.com>
From: Al B. Snell <alaric@alaric-snell.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/25/2001 00:30:51
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> i'm not sure what a quid is so i can't give you any advice there.  if you can
> translate it into $US i can help out.  in general, as long as you feel that
> you are getting a good deal, the SunSwift cards are extemely nice.  i've see
> them go on eBay for US$250, and those loser companies that still think 
> pre-ultra hardware has any "real" value are all trying to sell them for US$450 
> a pop.

130 quid is about... 180 dollars? I'll go for it, I think.

> 
> i'm also a DEC Bigot (as i sit here installing VMS 5.5 onto a VAX 4000/400 
> crate, and as soon as i get QBus SCSI cards, NetBSD is going on it)
> 

You're dual bigoted!

I'd like to become a vmebus bigot, but I lack the hardware :-(

ABS

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