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RudyG n00b
Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 32
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Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: Forgive the newbness but.... |
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I want to get a sparc station to play with off of ebay...but can you guys recommend a good model? Also, what's a good use for sparc boxes? i know they are workstations for the most part but i already have a comp that i use for a work station.... |
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ciaranm Retired Dev
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 1719 Location: In Hiding
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Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Best reasonably cheap model: ultra 2 |
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stonent Veteran
Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 1139 Location: Texas
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Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Ultra 2's are powerful systems, the only downside is they use SBUS slots which is fine if you have lots of SBUS hardware. However the cheap PCI/IDE systems aren't as fast and have poor disk performance.
Just make sure you get a 24 bit frame buffer. It would suck to have a nice SMP Ultra 2 with a TurboGX card or worse... a CG3! If it says "Creator" in the specs then you'll be much happier.
(make sure to get a monitor adaptor that lets it work with some but not all vga monitors) Or get a cheap Sun monitor. _________________ Inspiron 4100 & Sun UltraAXe
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