[SunRescue] What should I look for?
Michael C. Vergallen
mvergall at double-barrel.be
Fri May 28 05:39:58 CDT 1999
I was at one point looking at an ultra5 but didn't get one because they
used a IDE disc interface and where to close to a PC e.i. PCI bus etc that
I choose not to get one.
Michael
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Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike,
Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/
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On Fri, 28 May 1999, Martin Frost wrote:
> James Lockwood wrote:
>
> > [Ultra 5]
>
> > If you can get the current academic promo pricing, you can get
> > a heck of a deal (360MHz/64mb/8gb for $1795).
>
> This is indeed a great deal, but 64Mb is pushing it, especially
> if the machine is used for anything other than a workstation,
> or if you run CDE, Netscape, etc. 119Mb of swap *in use* on the
> one I'm currently using. Swapping is extraordinarily painful on
> those IDE disks they come with as standard.
>
> --m
>
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