[SunRescue] Re: Rescue digest, Vol 1 #569 - 5 msgs

[RRrr at nospamrits.com.au]

> 
> So, what do those folks do with the stuff once they get it home and
> discover it won't run Windows?  Bring it back to the auction and give you
> another chance, I hope....
>
Not sure, I have seen some stuff pop up for sale again, but I don't
think I'll be that lucky.  Even if it does come up again, the PC people
will probably buy it for the parts, unfortunately they'll probably still
outbid me.  Figure $1/Mb for the RAM, $100 for the tape drive, $30 for
the CD-Rom, that's back to what the guy won them for last time.  Even if
he can't work out what else the memory can be used in, he'll definately
take the tape and the CD.  I'm not sure what the CPUs look like but
inside an HP, but if they look anything PeeCee-ish, he'll probably
remove them too (Pentium 90 chips are still worth something on the
second hand market here).  If they do come back, I'd be very wary of
buying them unless they looked intact.  I definately should have taken
the digital camera with me!

> 
> A pity, each of those 90MHz CPU's has about the punch of a SS5/170.  Great
> boxes.
> 
Now I've got a SS5/170 on my desk at work, and a HP9000/G40 to look
after at work, I know what you mean.  Still a shame that HP/UX costs so
much, good on Sun for allowing us punters to get Solaris cheaply.

Rob