[rescue] Sparc Classic X on Ebay

[Janet L. Campbell]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Mike Meredith wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:03:56 -0500, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
> > > ViewItem&category=1486&item=5736367404&rd=1
> > > (An UltraSPARC20)
> > 
> > 
> > IS that some kind of Cycle upgrade?... or a clueless seller..?
> 
> Probably a clueless seller, but there are SS20's upgraded with cycle
> upgrades to run with UltraSPARCs which are sometimes termed
> UltraSPARC20's.

The SparcEngine Ultra 20 was a genuine Sun (SME) product, intended for
embedded use.  It has the same form factor and will work in a SS5/20
chassis, though cooling may be an issue.

They are single-CPU only and fairly rare.

-Janet