🚀 go-pugleaf

hello again,

First I would like to thank everyone who responded to my previous questions.
I have learned things that shocked and amazed me  ;-)

Onto the questions:

1) I intend to buy a SPARCclassic for personal, (initially) standalone use.
Assuming I don't have access to a network, what are all the things I need to
order to get my system up and running?
So far I believe I need:

* SPARCclassic itself, comes with monitor and (hopefully) keyboard and mouse.

* Solaris 2.1 CD-ROM media ($50)

* boot floppies (??)

* an optional floppy drive ($150, ouch! sounds high)

* a CD-ROM drive (???)

* an AUI adapter cable if I ever want to connect to a thinnet ($75, too much)

* an external SCSI drive for non-OS files  :-)

anything else I have missed??

2) Since I need a CD-ROM drive, can I get a cool NEC or Sony with multispin
technology (or borrow a generic SCSI one from a friend til I can buy one),
in order to install the OS, *or* do I have to buy one from Sun (double ouch!
I have not seen the price, but I bet it's high).
In other words, does the Classic need to be able to *boot* from the CD-ROM
drive in order to install the OS from it?

3) I have seen prices for a VRAM upgrade for the *LX*, but not for the
Classic. Does this mean the Classic comes with 1Mb VRAM? I *can* get
1152x900x8, can't I?

4) What do I have to do to get OS bug fixes and updates?

5) Does the one user license mean that nobody can log in through a serial
port? (or over the network)?

6) How do the 15" color and 19" grayscale monitors compare? The 15" sounds
awfully small for even 1024x768 resolution. It would have to be very sharp
to be useful. What are the specs for the various monitors? i.e. dot pitch,
actual viewing area, tube manufacturer, etc.

thank you for your time,

Dwayne Fontenot