Subject: Re: Sparc 20 hypersparc vs Ultra 2
To: Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@macfinity.net>
From: Bruce O'Neel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 06/23/2005 09:42:43
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 04:49:50PM +0200, Timo Schoeler wrote:
> thus Vicky Staubly spake:
> > 
> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Timo Schoeler wrote:
> > 
> >> thus Michael-John Turner spake:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:33:45PM +0200, Timo Schoeler wrote:
> >>> Anyone feel like donating an SMP sparc64 machine to Michael? - at the
> >>> rate
> >>> he gets things fixed, we should have working SMP by the end of the
> >>> month :)
> >>
> >>
> >> as i'm in germany i think it'd be too expensive to get my dual U2E to
> >> michael than perhaps rising some $$$ and get one in the US?
> >>
> >> even U2s should be fairly cheap nowadays...
> > 
> > 
> > My favorite site for Sun stuff (www.retrobox.com, from whom I've
> > bought a pair of Ultra 1's, and an E450) has several Ultra 2's,
> > including this one with a pair of 300MHz U2 cpu's and 1GB RAM:
> >    http://www.retrobox.com/rbwww/home/unit_view.asp?id=1139144&bin_id=world
> > for a mere $90(US) plus shipping.
> 
> ouch! hey, they're still way cheaper in the US than here (okay, i
> thought/know this). eBay is the cheapest source here with all it's

I'll bet that a lot of this is left over from the .com boom.

cheers

bruce

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