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

[William Barnett-Lewis]

Mmmm... A Sun IPX, if you can find it, a  Weitek SPARC Power UP & SunOS
4.1.1

THAT was fun.

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 1:10 PM Todd Vernon via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> Personally I would go with an IPX.  It’s smaller and more demonstrative of
> how far computers have come while still being something recognizable for
> someone who uses Linux.
> -t
>
> Todd Vernon
> Entrepreneur | Investor
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>
> On Nov 21, 2024 at 10:37:20 AM, Christopher Purdy via rescue <
> rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
>> 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...
>>
>> --
>> Christopher Purdy
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