Re: FORSALE: SPARC-20 with Dual-CPUs & SX Graphics

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From: Darren Spiteri
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00

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In aus.ads.forsale.computers.used Darren Reed <darrenr@pobox.com.au> wrote:
> Rachel Polanskis wrote:
>> The PeeCee is a purchase of false economy.
>> They're cheap because they are *cheap*.

> No disagreement there.

Those Sun boxes have a really nice air of quality about them, even moreso when
you open one up. That little "hat" on the CPU looks pretty. :) The keyboards
and mice are the best I've ever used.

>> Oh, another good reason to own a Sun - you don't have to mess
>> around with flimsily built tin cases with rough edges
>> you can cut your hands on, or mess with a nest of cables
>> and connectors (oops I forgot - there's the Ultra 5 :/)

> I'd beg to differ...that is, IMHO, a case by case basis with
> SPARC boxes (pun not intended).

Sun seem to fit a lot more computer into a lot less case, painfully so on the
Sparc5 etc. but very elegantly on the older 2 and 10 etc. Most systems are
also aesthetically appealing .
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Subject: Re: FORSALE: SPARC-20 with Dual-CPUs & SX Graphics
Date: 1999/03/18
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