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Chris Parman <cparman@airmail.net> writes:

>    I was wondering why the Ultra-30's were short lived ? Were these
>systems problematic ?
>Are these machines (Ultra-30's) worth purchasing second hand ? Please
>respond with your thoughts
>and comments.

I think Sun dropped the Ultra-30's because they wanted to get the Ultra-60
out which is basically a similar machine but with capacity for two
processors instead of one. They use exactly the same case I believe, and the
U-60 motherboard can replace a U-30 motherboard to upgrade a U-30 machine to
be multi-processor capable.

I don't know if there are any other signnificant differences to the on-board
hardware... Maybe the U-60's have less room for PCI cards? Or the
installation of multiple Creator/Elite/Expert framebuffers cards could be
more difficult in the U-60 because of the space taken up by the extra CPU
module location.

U-30's are becoming very affordable very fast now that the Ultra-80 is out
and people are only interested in current lines (U-60, U-80, etc.), so
U-30's are being passed in for something better.

I don't know if there are any limitations on what CPU's can be installed in
U-30's though - someone else will need to clarify this question since it's
one I'd like an answer too also.

Regards,

Craig.
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