Re: tlug: Sparc boot

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Byrne <- 3Web <jq@example.com>> writes:


    Jonathan> Old Sparcstations are ridiculously expensive here.  How
    Jonathan> about 118,000 for a used SS5.  Saw that one yesterday.
    Jonathan> There's a sort of Sun mystique or something here that
    Jonathan> keeps the prices for Sparcs incredibly high.  The same
    Jonathan> shop with that SS5 had an Ultra 1+ (didn't know there
    Jonathan> was such a thing) at 43,000 yen.

Are you sure about the price of the Ultra? If so, don't tell anyone, I
run out and buy it :) I think they have discontinued Ultra 1's now. A
Ultra-5, which is about twice as fast, CPU clock wise ( I think ) goes
for about 690,000 with a good discount. Not sure of the list price off
the top of my head. The Ultra 5 is PCI based, while the Ultra-1 uses
the SBUS, like the older Sparcs.

Andy
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