[rescue] SPARCstation 20

[Julius Sridhar]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Steve Pacenka wrote:

> > Hi.  I am not really familiar with Sun machines.  I'm a DEC and IBM
> > guy. I was wondering what would be the minimum single-processor SPARC
> > machine that you would use as a single-headed X workstation under
> > NetBSD.  Thanks.
>
> What apps?

Basically, only Netscape, and play an MPEG video every once in a while,
but primarily Netscape.

> Color or black&white display?

24-bit color.

> I'm accustomed to Pentium-class 300-600 MHz machines.  A Sparc 10 with a pair
> of cached 50 MHz processors, 8 bit color, 96M RAM, and Debian Linux 2.2 is
> subjectively okay for apps like Netscape and Xemacs.

Not Linux.  NetBSD.

Peace...  Sridhar