Jason Costomiris on Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:35:33 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Buying a Sparc


On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 04:28:21PM -0400, Naresh Reddy wrote:
: I am planning to buy a Sparc machine to run Solaris. Can I get a
: suggestion? I don't want to spend too money, just for learning purposes,
: and maybe use it as a server.

Workstation class?  Blade 100 - $995 for:
Ultra IIe/500 CPU
128MB RAM (uses standard PC133 RAM)
20G IDE Drive
48x CD
10/100 Ethernet
PGX64 Graphics Accelerator
Floppy
Smartcard reader
Solaris 8 preloaded

Servers?  Netra X1 - $995 for:
Ultra IIe/500
128MB RAM (uses standard PC133 RAM)
40G IDE Drive
Dual 10/100 Ethernet
2 RS-232 Serial
2 USB 1.0 ports
1 RU chassis
Solaris 8 preloaded

Those are both brand new, direct from Sun.

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