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In article <GsMIw0.6D0.0.glort@GTS.Net>, bdb@gts.org wrote:

> In article <3C8742A2.1FC03E99@slaz.freeserve.co.uk>,
> Martin Slaney  <martin@slaz.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> | 
> | 
> | Amos Barnett wrote:
> | 
> | > Karun wrote:
> | > > Wanted, Sun Workstation or server in Australia. Any sparc system, sparc 
> | > > or
> | > > ultrasparc, etc.
> | > > Email karun@karun.lorikeet.id.au
> | >
> | > A SparcStation 1+ (25mhz model) just arrived, machine, monitor, SCSI CD
> | > with caddy, SCSI tape drive at Compuchange (Harris St, Ultimo, Sydney,
> | > opposite the Powerhouse).  It might be a bit old/slow though ;)
> | >
> | > Amos
> | >
> | > PS: I was actually wondering what it's worth, I thought of getting it to
> | > play with it :)
> | 
> | I'd say it was worth 2 bits of second-user chewing gum.
> 
> 
> 	We are still using one as a UseNet News server (not a
> 	full feed of course) - it's extremely reliable :)

I'd say "extremely reliable" is an understatement. With NetBSD 1.5 I've 
used an SS1+ as a 1.5Mbit ADSL gateway, proxy cache, DNS, 
Apache/MySQL/PHP/AppleShare/NFS server - all in 6MB resident. Same 
machine is now my 56kbps dialup gateway, still running all those 
services. Has never missed a beat. An SS1 was my employer's email and 
web proxy until about 18 months ago.

If your brand-new *nt*l box goes down for even 1 hour (unthinkable, eh!) 
then the SS1+ has paid for itself several times over. :)) Besides, 
they're great to learn on. You can totally put aside niggling driver 
issues and h/w flakiness that comes with sh*tboxes these days, and 
concentrate on learning UNIX administration (I began with SunOS 4 on 
SPARC.)

Toby

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