[SunRescue] RE: Budget Ultras

[Loomis, Rip]

Hmm...maybe I should have waited.  Here's one at $307.50
that hasn't met the reserve yet, but it's a 1/170E
with Creator 3D/128MB/2.1GB *plus* a 20E20 monitor:
  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1238456858

I remember 15 months ago paying $325 for a SPARC 10
with an SM41, 32MB of memory, keyboard, mouse, and
20D10 and I thought that was a good deal...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hansen [mailto:Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 5:24 PM
> To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: [SunRescue] RE: Budget Ultras
> 
> 
> Well, I expected your Ultra 1/170e price to come soon, but I 
> am shocked by the Ultra 2. Ithink the real issue is that of 
> the lister not using the right terms, for instance:
> 
> 	If you search for "ultrasparc", listings with
> 	the word "ultra" or "sparc" will not be returned.
> 	(ok, I see that)
> 
> 	But, a search for "ultra" or "sparc" will not
> 	include those that have only "ultrasparc" in their
> 	titles. (a suprise, I would have assumed a search
> 	on "ultra" to behave like "*ultra*")
> 
> The Ultra 2/1200 that Mike got only had the word "ultra" in 
> the title, so all the "sparc" ot "ultrasparc" listings would 
> *not* include this item. Good for the lucky shopper, bad for 
> the seller (only a fraction of the hits). I forgot to look, 
> but how many hits did the listing get?
> 
> Ken
> (Who still has a ... oh, wait, my week between postings here 
> isn't up yet... ;^)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> <snip>
> 
> Message: 10
> From: "Loomis, Rip" <GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com>
> To: "'rescue at sunhelp.org'" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 15:37:51 -0400
> Subject: [SunRescue] SS/20 & Ultra 1 Prices?
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> 
> All--
> Well, I couldn't resist and just picked up an Ultra 1/170
> (Creator 3D, 160MB, 1GB disk) on eBay for $315.
>   http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1238572982
> A year ago that system would have gone for at least
> $600, so I would like to thank Sun for the Blade 100
> driving prices down!
> 
> (I just wish that Mike N. hadn't found the Ultra 2 before
> I did, since I wouldn't want to get big Mike torqued
> at me--but boy did I want it:
>   http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1238231660
> even includes a monitor, supposedly...)
> 
> Now I find myself with 2 SPARC-10 clones (1 Axil and
> 1 Tatung), an LX, a SPARC-20, and the new box, and
> I'm likely going to sell some things to co-workers.
> What the heck is a fair price for:
>   SPARC 20 w/2.25 OBP
>   2xSM71
>   2x2.1GB SCA disks (with special cooling fan)
>   MGX+ (24-bit color graphics SBus card)
>   128MB memory (4x32)
> 
> Any thoughts?  Anyone else finding the going prices on
> eBay a little hard to believe compared with a year ago?
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