Re: Sun Ultra 60 or not?

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From: Christopher Noyes
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:45

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terryc wrote:

> 
> Finally, some one who has a bit of a clue. Yes, Brand name stuff can
> have interchangeability problems, which is why I said yumcha.
> 

Yumcha?  As in Cantonese Tea?  Or is it some acronym?



>> At least Sun hardware lasts waaaaaay longer in terms of useful 
>> service life than PC hardware, 
> 
> Well, useful? 
> I have a collection og Sparcstation 2 & 5. what are they good for?
> 

The 5 could make a decent backup dns server (or a primary DNS server for 
a low volume LAN).  The 2 is really old/slow though; I'm not sure the 
previous poster was referring to systems 18 years old.




> Actually, the big PC world problem is buying old RAM chips. it doesn't
> take much before you start to compare the cost of just buying another
> new system. OTOH, I've never even considered chasing sun RAM sticks.
>


Some sun machines use proprietary RAM (like the U60 and SB2000)  while 
others use more common types (like the v210 and SB100/150)



> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Craig.
> 




-CN

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