31 May
2000
31 May
'00
12:58 p.m.
Yeah, a SPARC10 will run Solaris 8, but I wouldn't even consider running CDE
on it. My friend runs a SPARCStation 5 (a newer machine) and says it's
almost unusuable, he's gonna slide back to 2.6. I picked this stuff up from
the University of Michigan Property Disposition, or "The Mad Wolverine's
Computer Emporium" where they price equipment using some sort of roulette
wheel as far as I can tell. Quadra 950? $300. RA-82 Hard drive? $1. They've
got a boatload of older Cisco routers right now (IGS, AGS+) for around $50
if someone is in the area and needs one.
And yes, my girlfriend knows what a SPARCStation 5 is, and can program PERL
in her sleep. Ah, bliss....
Now if she only understood why a quarter of the basement is taken up by
machines almost older than we are...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire(a)neurotica.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Finds
On May 31, Mike Ford wrote:
> >A Sparcstation 10 -- Fantastic. Got to find something like that for
> >Solaris 8.
>
> Will 8 run on a 10, my wife wants a home system to play with instead of
the
> E250 she has at the office, and told me she needs
at least a 5 (which is
a
much newer
system than a 10 or 20 right?).
Newer than a 10, about the same age as a 20 as I recall...
-Dave McGuire