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RudyG
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:29 am    Post subject: Forgive the newbness but.... Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best reasonably cheap model: ultra 2
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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