13 Jul
2001
13 Jul
'01
12:42 p.m.
I wouldn't
mind a SS20 at haul-away prices, even without CPUs.
I've got a bunch of CPUs, just no box to put them in.
The SS20 chassis themselves can be found in the $100-200 range, not to bad,
it's when you start adding the rest of the parts they get expensive. I got
"lucky" for $150 I got the chassis, 2 SM71's, and the internal CD-ROM.
Plus I already had a good stash of S-Bus cards, and a couple drive brackets
(from my SS5/70). So I only really had to add RAM, and I already had 16MB
so I could test it. How expensive
is a CPU-less Sparc Ultra? I can get a cheap
360u CPU if I can get a cheap system without CPU.
What chassis? An Ultra 2 Chassis still goes for big bucks. Me, I need an
Ultra 2 case and CPU's, I've got a Motherboard with a dead Ethernet
connection. I'd love a nice loaded Ultra 2, that would make a *really*
nice home UNIX box!