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In article GK6@rice.edu, fontenot@ravl.rice.edu (Dwayne Jacques Fontenot) writes:
"> "hello,
"> "
"> "I have a few questions about the SPARCclassic:
"> "
"> "1) I assume the OS comes preinstalled, but what if I want to reinstall it?
"> "Does a CDROM come with the machine (and boot disks)?

Your assumption is incorrect.  Solaris does not come pre-installed.  And if you
don't buy the Solaris CD and a CD-ROM player (if you aren't connected to a network
that has a CDROM and/or Solaris) you might as well use the Classic as a door-stop,
because it's useless straight out of the box.

"> "3) how much space is left on the 207 Mb HD after the OS is installed?
Don't know for sure, but I don't think there's much if any space left if you
install the complete Solaris distribution and assign about 32Meg for swap (if I
remember correctly, on my LX the entire distribution took up about 170Megs.)

"> "9) what's a good price for classic memory?

I asked this question awhile back and some folks said that they got 16Meg SIMMS
for as little as $570.  Since you need at least a pair, I'd say you will have
to part with about $1100.

"> "10) does the HD have to be reformatted if the machine is turned on its
"> "side?

Why would it have to - because some bits would fall off?  (Sorry, couldn't resist
that one :-)

Hope this helps,
Tom

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