At 4:26 pm 24/9/96, Peter Seebach wrote:
>This is mildly atopical, but how would I decide how much to offer on
>old Sun hardware?  Is there a pricing guide I've missed?
>I'm looking at getting some additional sun 3 hardware (and
>a couple of SLC's)...

I think it's off-topic, rather than atopical, but let's not quibble.

I wouldn't go above $75 for a 3/60 with Colour Monitor (less if it has no
RAM), less if it is mone.  A 3/50 - around $30?  Maybe $20 without monitor
or $40 with - these machines require a fair degree of technical expertise
to earn their keep (XKernels are your best bet).  I'm not entirely sure
what I'd give for the more powerful Sun3s - I don't think I'd go over $100
for any, myself.

For SLC/ELCs, I would say in the $100-200 range.  The trick is to pick them
off companys which are doing clearouts... they have little market value
really (almost exclusively to NetBSD users, in fact ;-)

Of course, YMMV.  I have seen stupidly high (IMO) prices on
comp.sys.sun.{wanted,hardware} - which are good places to look for pricing
info at least.

Jules


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