[rescue] Getting back into Sun - Blade 100 or Ultra 5?

[Christopher Purdy]

After a long hiatus, looking to get an older Sun to show the kids for our
homeschool computer class..  Leaning toward the Ultra 5, but not sure.
Planning on an older Solaris 7 or 8 install - possibly a BSD flavor down
the road.

Pro's and Cons of each?

I've read about the anemic cache on the Blade... but wasn't sure about the
actual performance differences..  Mainly just planning to set up a web
server so they can get a feel for networking and such..  It would be nice
to have some sort of viable web browser for simpler pages and to get
software so I can show them installation and compiling, etc..

Main reason for selecting these two is the 'bay has them relatively cheaply
- but any of the higher end workstations are 2-10X more expensive..  the
days of cheap SUN goodies are gone it appears.

On that note - if anyone has some decent SUN kit in the Detroit / Flint
area let me know, I'd prefer not pay shipping on these beasts.  In a
perfect world - an Ultra 30/60 with working SCSI drives would be perfect...

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Christopher Purdy
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