[SunRescue] Best Value Sun for $1000?

[BillBradfordmrbill at mrbill.net]

I've seen Ultra 5s for pretty darn close to $1k lately.. this would be
a VERY nice home system.

Bill

On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 05:23:33PM -0500, William Barnett-Lewis wrote:
> Hello,
> The subject says it all. I currently have an IPX (2gb/64mb &20" grayscale)
> that certainly works fun, but is Solaris 8 challenged and a wee bit pokey
> when in CDE. I'd like to retire my PowerMac 8500 and go to a Sun for my
> primary machine. Here at home that means I need to be able to do Internet
> over dialup, word processing, light programming (Squeak Smalltalk and the
> like), possibly some 3d rendering and run my copy of Real PC for those old
> dos games I'm addicted to... ;>
> 
> I've seen that Data Instruments has an Ultra 1/170 for that much, but Mr.
> Dikeman has warned me that they may not have any when I'm ready to buy in a
> couple of months (This will be my wife's Christmas present to me). So
> failing that, what would qualify as the best bang for the buck. The budget
> may get a hundred or two higher, but not lower.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William
> 
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