Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : paulie420
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Jan 17 2025 08:19:32

-=> paulie420 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 pa> They recently had some Sun systems - I am wanting to get one sooooo
 pa> bad. RE-PC is GREAT... if you want untested stuff, its pennies - but
 pa> they do know whats 'popular' and those [crappy even] Sun systems were
 pa> priced just out of bargain pricing; $200 IIRC...

Old suns were great servers, not so much as desktops these days. Get an
old Sparc 2/5/10/20 or an Ultra 1 or 2, run it headless (or don't run
the GUI) and it'd serve hundreds of clients a day.

I had a Sparc 20 as a SMTP bastion host and news server for 150 people,
Samba storage and print services for a handful of *nix desktops, it kept
up nicely.

I justified getting a Sparc 2 with a 19" CRT, maxxed out memory and a
Weitek CPU as a backup system in case it failed. I used it as my
desktop.   :)

The Sun model 5 keyboard was the Best Keyboard Ever.







 pa> Also, if you want tested stuff you can find motherboards for 286, 386,
 pa> 486, etc - but you pay... all-in-all its still a winter wonderland...

 pa> I recently bought a Dell enterprise switch for around $100 w/ SFP+
 pa> ports - but you gotta keep checking back as they change inventory
 pa> often.

 pa> Its an awesome place. :P



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