Re: When was the SPARC 20 introduced and discontinued?

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From: Kralizec Craig
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:11

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"sdsf" <dfd@tyhj.gb> writes:

>"Rich Teer" <rich.teer@rite-group.com> skrev i en meddelelse 
>news:Pine.SOL.4.58.0510191425000.13005@excalibur...
>> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Dave wrote:
>>
>>> I run one as a webserver and someone was surprised I was using such an
>>> old machine. I just wondered how old it was. I thought it might be as
>>> much as 15 years old, but I was clearly wrong there.
>>
>> Aye.  But if it does the job...  Fortuantely, Suns are rather more robust
>> (and age better) than PCs!
>>
>not so sure you are always right here, one problem is SUNs
>NVRAM with built-in battery, this is a problematic construction
>i think. 

Why? Just replace the NVRAM and the machine is good to go again once the new
NVRAM is programmed.

Craig.

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From: Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au>
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Subject: Re: When was the SPARC 20 introduced and discontinued?
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