Re: Sun SparcStation cheap ?

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From: M�ns Nilsson
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:00

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In article <38A8F62B.A0A9B51A@rz.uni-potsdam.de>, Michael Lorenz wrote:
>Greetings !
>
>
>> > You have other choices for operating systems too btw. NetBSD and
>> OpenBSD
>> > both support the sun-4c family. I've got NetBSD running on a Sparc
>> Classic
>> > here as my FTP server and it doesn't give any problems.
>> 
>> The SPARC Classic is a Sum4m machine, not Sun4c.  I'd go with something
>> other that solaris myself, but someone on the Sun rescuse apparently has
>> Solaris7 running quite well on an SS2 (on par with an IPX)
>
>Well, if you have lots of memory and don't want X it may even be fast.
>sun4c is certainly supported by Solaris 7, they just dropped the ancient
>sun4 class stuff.

I run 7 on an IPC with 48MB of RAM. Added a reasonably fast IBM 1G
drive and got a very stable and competent mailing list server / DNS
primary. Works like a charm. Serial console only, besides network. Takes
a while to compute ssh session initiation, but other than that it performs
really well.

-- 
M�ns Nilsson 				MN1334-RIPE	
http://vvv.besserwisser.org 		GSM 070 9174840

CONGRATULATIONS!  Now should I make thinly veiled comments about
DIGNITY, self-esteem and finding TRUE FUN in your RIGHT VENTRICLE??

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