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On 15 Nov 1998, Karen Ostgard wrote:

> For sale: #501-2481 4MB Video SIMM, 60NS for SPARCstation 20
> 
> Never installed / Never Used
> 
> $2300 (or best offer)

Karen, without wanting to be critical of your intentions, this is a
ludicrous ammount. 8-)

I've recently been pricing Sparc 20 bases and parts, and I was quoted
US$380 for the 8 meg VSIMM (501-2482). I wouldn't pay more than about
US$225 for the 4 meg version.

For US$2300 I can almost buy a complete Ultra-1 machine, or several
Sparc-20's.

If you made a mistake and added an extra zero, then please ignore the
above comments...

As an aside, you mentioned about using the 501-2481 4 meg VSIMM in the
Sparc 10SX. According to the Sun field engineer handbook, they won't work
in the 10SX. I believe there are some differences between the SX
framebuffer on the Sparc 20 mainboards and the SX on the Sparc 10SX
mainboards which mean you need different VSIMM's for each machine.

Regards,

Craig.

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