[SunRescue] RE: [SunHELP] SPARC 5 memory

[Albertson, Chris]

RAM is a killer on the SS5.  It's goes for _about_ $1/MB
on the used RAM market.
so $25 for 32MB is not bad.  One good source that can
answer all your questions is www.memoryx.com 
click on the Sparc 5 link.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Khoury [mailto:pkhoury2 at loop.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 2:15 PM
> To: SunRescue List
> Cc: SunHELP List
> Subject: [SunHELP] SPARC 5 memory
> 
> 
> Okay, I finally made the plunge and bought a SS5/70 off ebay 
> last week dirt cheap
> (like less than 30 bucks).  Anyways, I don't know if it has 
> RAM or not, it was just really cheap.
> Do I need to make a lot of dramatic changes for upgrading 
> from an SS2 (sun4c) to this machine
> (sun4m)?  I'd rather not upgrade the OS with all the mods 
> I've made, plus it'll be my main webserver (and
> I'm hosting other peoples' stuff now also).
> 
> Also, how much RAM can you go up to on this machine, and how 
> many slots are on the board?
> And does anyone know where I can get RAM?  I found 32MB on 
> eBay for 25 bucks each.
> Is that reasonable, or can I get them cheaper?  I'd like to 
> go up to 128MB, 256MB or more would
> be very desireable (my ThinkPad alone is gonna be upgraded to 
> 544MB this week).
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
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