Do a net search for the "Sun Hardware FAQ" first. It has all the specifications for the machines, and info on what processor module configurations work, etc. Aaron On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, John B wrote:

I'd recommend one of the following: used Sparc 20 w/Dual SM71 CPU's, 128MB+ RAM, 2GB+ Hard Drive Reasons for: Coolness factor, can get this config w/21" monitor for about $1500 Reasons Against: Slow by todays standards, cost of 100Mbit Ethernet and 24-Bit graphics used Ultra 1 w/128MB+ RAM, 24-bit colour Reasons for: ? Reasons Against: Cost of 100Mbit Graphics, slow by todays standards new Ultra 5 for $1995 Reasons for: Killer price for a nicely outfited box Reasons against: only 64MB RAM (this is easy to fix), PCI, EIDE HD I'm personally looking at all of the above, and will probably go with a Sparc 20 in that config when the price drops low enough. Emotionally I think the Sparc 20 is very cool, logically I think it's overpriced, for it's speed and age. Personally the Ultra 1's don't interest me, I'd rather go with a Ultra 5 despite it's short comings if I was to get an Ultra. The system I'd *REALLY* like isn't listed above, is a nice Dual Processor Ultra 2 with plenty of RAM and HD space, but those run $10k+! Because of the above reasonings my main Solaris box is a Dual Processor 400Mhz Celeron w/256MB RAM, 6GB Hard Drive, 24-Bit colour, 100Mbit ethernet, 32x CD-ROM, 16bit soundcard. Such a beast will blow any of the above away and cost under $1000. <sigh> Not as cool as a Sun box, but it makes a lot more sense from a monitary standpoint. Oddly enough when it's running Solaris it's also the box Netscape runs the fastest on... Zane